Now, you can save your searches to easily repeat search requests.
Saving a search is as easy as 1-2-3:
1. Perform a search. The Search Results page opens. 2. Optionally, choose filters or update your search term. 3. Click Save Search.
You can access saved searches from a list next to the Search field that appears on every page. Saved searches store the search term and any search filters that you apply.
You can add a user-defined function to an expression. If you enter a user-defined function when you manually create an expression, you must prefix the user-defined function with :UDF. When you create an expression with the Expression Editor, valid user-defined functions display on the User-Defined Functions tab. Use user-defined functions as you would any other function.
If you create a user-defined function, which is only usable in the Designer, the function only displays in the Designer.
When you select a user-defined function, the Expression Editor shows the function syntax in the following format:
<return datatype> <function name> (<argument 1> as <datatype>,
<argument N> as <datatype>)
For example:
NSTRING RemoveSpaces(NAMES as string)
When you add the function to the Formula window, the function includes the prefix :UDF, as in the following example:
:UDF.RemoveSpaces( )
When you validate the expression, PowerCenter does not validate the user-defined function. It only validates the expression.