Using Saved Search

you can use the saved search feature to save the defined search criteria to ease your search experience this allows you to quickly perform a search without needing to manually enter all of the search conditions each time you can create, modify, and delete a saved search you can view all of the saved searches available to your role and those applicable to the current workspace viewing the list of saved searches available to your role log in to the console open a workspace click the drop down arrow of the all button the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role creating a saved search provides an assortment of default saved searches based on your user role you can also create your own search and add it to the saved searches list you can only create saved searches for personal use if your role has create permissions if your role has edit permissions, you can edit saved searches created by other users and publish saved searches to other roles permissions for saved searches are defined by the administrator in the application settings for each role log in to the console open a workspace and perform any of the following action click the favorite searches drop down arrow and click the new saved search option alternatively, you can also create saved search by clicking the new saved search icon from the workspace area the new saved search icon only appears if your role has create or edit permissions configure the search as per your need see click the settings icon in the saved search settings dialog box, enter the following information field description sharing publish action to the roles to which to publish this saved search select from the drop down list this saved search is available for all users in those roles category specifies if the search is on the saved search list or on a dashboard category is a way to group searches into meaningful collections defaults personal default check personal default to make this saved search the default when you (the logged in user) open this specific workspace this search automatically executes and the results appear in the list when you open this workspace uncheck personal default if you do not want to make this your default search default for roles the roles for which this saved search is the default choose the roles from the drop down list you can only designate roles to which you have write permissions permissions edit check box indicates the permission set for the user to edit saved search delete check box indicates the permission set for the user to delete saved search if you have only create permissions, you can create and edit the saved search that you created you cannot publish to your role or other roles if you have edit permissions, you can publish to your role or other roles click ok to save the settings click save as give your search a name and then click save the application saves the search and displays it on your list of saved searches to apply saved search for the mobile analyst role, click the icon to set the saved search as favorite saved searches that are not set as favorite do not appear in the mobile analyst portal viewing the dependencies of a saved search saved searches that are deleted or modified might affect the display of data in a dashboard part you can view the dependencies associated with each saved search to determine if a dashboard part is affected log in to the console open a workspace click the favorite searches drop down arrow the application displays the list of saved searches available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches hover the cursor over any search name, if you have the correct permissions, four options appear edit , clone , dependency , and delete click dependency the application displays a dependency dialog box with a list of dashboard items that depend on this search click close modifying a saved search do not modify any default saved searches, as this could cause unexpected results due to dependent processes before modifying a saved search, check for any affected dependencies you can modify or publish a saved search to any role if you have edit permissions in this case, the edit icon appears next to the saved search permissions are set by your administrator in the system settings for your role log in to the console open a workspace click the favorite searches drop down arrow the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches hover the cursor over any search name, if you have the correct permissions, four options appear edit , clone , dependency , and delete saved search toolbar ( application) click the edit icon , then change any of the fields and search criteria click save about saved searches and the favorites list saved searches that are marked as favorites appear on the saved searches list with a yellow star next to their name saved searches that are not favorites have a gray star the administrator establishes the favorite saved searches for all users, but individual users can manage their own list of favorites you can add a saved search to the favorites list and you can remove a search from the favorites list removing a saved search from the favorites list does not delete the saved search the application shows all saved searches that are marked as a favorite in the saved search drop down list removing a saved search from the favorites list log in to the console open a workspace click the favorite searches drop down arrow the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches hover the cursor over the yellow star of search name you want to remove from the saved search from the favorite list click remove favorite adding a saved search to the favorites list log into the open a workspace click the favorite searches drop down arrow the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches hover the cursor over the gray star on the search name you want to add to favorites list click add as favorite deleting a saved search you can delete a saved search if you have delete permissions in this case, a delete icon appears next to the saved search permissions are set by your administrator in the application settings for your role before deleting a saved search, check for any affected dependencies see viewing the dependencies of a saved search docid\ o9yll2iz3uxqzetlhodku log in to the console open a workspace click the favorite searches drop down arrow the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches hover the cursor over the search name you want to delete if you have the correct permissions, the application displays the delete icon click the delete icon click yes in the confirmation window accessing saved searches by business object administrators can see all saved searches for each business object from the configuration console, click build > search tools > saved searches to open the saved searches workspace the application displays a list of business objects with saved searches click edit under the action column for the business object for which to view saved searches the application displays the list of saved searches for the business object you can also access all saved searches for a business object by doing the following from the configuration console, click build > business objects to open the business objects workspace open a business object the application displays the workspace for that business object along the top, click saved searches the application lists all of the saved searches associated with that business object exporting a saved search you can export the records found in a saved search to a microsoft excel ( xls) file you must have permissions granted by the administrator to do this log in to the console open a workspace click the drop down arrow of the all button the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches click the export to microsoft excel icon next to the saved search to export you do not see the icon if your role does not have permissions the application downloads the file to your local computer giving roles permission to export a saved search users with administrator rights can perform this procedure from the configuration console, click configure > users and permissions > roles and permissions to open the roles and permissions workspace the list of roles appears select the role to have export permissions the role details page appears select the system permissions tab at the bottom of the page, check allow microsoft excel download from saved searches click save the users for that role see the export icons on the saved searches page after they refresh or login again emailing a saved search you can email the results of a saved search to yourself you must have permissions granted by the administrator to do this log in to the console open a workspace click the drop down arrow of the all button the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches click the email icon for the saved search you want to send as an email you will not see the icon if your role does not have permissions the file is sent to the logged in user's email address giving roles permission to email a saved search users with administrator rights can perform this procedure from the configuration console, click configure > users and permissions > roles and permissions to open the roles and permissions workspace the roles list appears select the role to have email permissions the role details page appears select the system permissions tab at the bottom of the page, check allow email to yourself from saved searches click save the users for that role see the email icons on the saved searches page after they refresh or login again cloning a saved search you can clone a saved search log in to the console open a workspace click the drop down arrow of the all button the application displays the list of saved search available for that workspace and for the role to see the entire list, click all saved searches hover the cursor over the search name you want to clone if you have the correct permissions, a clone button appears click clone click yes in the confirmation window the application adds a new saved search to the list it has the same name as the saved search that you cloned, except that the new saved search has " copy" appended to the name to change the name, edit the saved search see modifying a saved search docid\ o9yll2iz3uxqzetlhodku setting the visibility of a saved search you can make a saved search visible or hidden depending on a condition follow these steps from the configuration console, click either build > search tools > saved searches or build > automation tools > saved searches to open the saved searches workspace the application displays a list of business objects with saved searches click edit under the action column for the business object to set the visibility of a saved search for the application displays the list of saved searches for that business object hover the cursor over a search name and click edit the application displays the saved search format area click hidden expression the application displays an expression editor pop up window where you can enter an expression that specifies when the saved search is visible enter an expression such as $(getglobal("featurea")) click save save the saved search the application displays the list of business objects with saved searches notice that there is a function symbol in the hidden column, to denote that the saved search has a hidden expression associated with it