Finding exactly what you need inside Adeptia Connect can be difficult sometimes, especially when you try to search for an entity based on more than one criterion.
The Global Search in Adeptia Connect helps you search for entities globally all through the application from a single section. It displays all the applicable entities that have the keyword you use in your search.
This search feature works with Indexing either enabled or disabled in the application. With indexing enabled, the allows you to search for the entities occurs at an advanced level and the search result comprises all the available entities with matching keyword – you can further refine a search result based on some parameters. Index-based search It also allows you to select a specific type of entity to be searched for by displaying (as you type the search text) a list of entities that may have the keyword you specify. With Indexing disabled in the application, it performs a global search for a specific type of entity at a time based on the keyword you provide.
The recommended search method is to use index-based searching as it renders a better user experience.The following table lists the supported entities and their fields for index-based global search. The search result comprises one or more of these entities depending on their fields having the text that matches the keyword.
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Template |
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Transaction |
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Network |
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Partner |
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Transaction Logs |
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| Template entity includes both Configured and Available Templates. The difference between the two is that Available Templates are in Active state while Configured Templates can be either in active or Inactive state. |
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Global Search
Index-based global search has got enhanced capabilities over the normal global search. It allows Global Search lets you to search for one or multiple types of entities at a time based on the keyword you use in your search. The following search examples further explain the behavior of this feature:
- If you search for the entities with a keyword ‘Pun’, it produces the search result containing all the entities, including Services, Networks, Partners, Templates, Transaction, etc if they have a similar keyword in any of their applicable fields.
- If you search for the entities with the keyword ‘Test Adeptia’, it produces the search result containing all the entities, including Services, Networks, Partners, Templates, Transaction, etc if any of their applicable fields contain the text ‘Test Adeptia’.
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| Before you perform the search, ensure that Indexing is enabled in Connect. Click /wiki/spaces/AC33/pages/1611895 to get more details on how to enable Indexing. This search is not case sensitive. |
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- Click
on the top right corner of the header to open Global Search. Type the text in the search box.
As you type, the search box provides you suggestions on entities to pick one from.
You can select a specific entity from the list to keep your search focused on a single entity. Or, you can click
to search for all the entities.
Select a specific entity to display all the matching records based on the keyword that you use. Up to twelve matches are displayed and as before, you can click Show More to load more matching records.
Info Show More button is not applicable for Transactions Logs and Configured Templates. 
- When you are searching for all the entities based on your keyword, the results include all applicable entities. The screen shows three entries for each entity. You can view more results per entity by clicking Show More.
Further, if you want to filter the matching records, you can use Refine Search to get the desired result.
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The search box also integrates the Advanced Search
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