box, select a type of business entity from the list.
By default,
All
is selected, and
Supplier 360
searches within all the business entity types. Also, you can select a specific business entity within which you want to search for records.
The Search list contains the types of business entities that you have permission to view. If the list is empty, contact your MDM administrator to request permission.
The following image shows the business entity type list:
In the
Search
box, perform one of the following tasks:
Type the complete search string or the search string with the asterisk wildcard character (*) for the record that you want to find. You can use the wildcard character at the end of the search string or in between the search string. For example, if you want to search for John, you can specify
Jo*
or
J*n
.
If the search is configured to suggest search strings, type a few characters of the search string, and select one of the suggested values as the search string.
The values are suggested when you search within a single business entity type.
If the search results must contain the words in the search string, add the
+
operator before each search word.
If the search string includes any of the following special characters, add a backslash as a prefix to the special character: + , - , & , || , ! , ( ) , { } , [ ] , ^ , " , ~ , ? , : , \ . If you do not add a backslash as a prefix to each special character, the search might return no results or incorrect results. For example, if you want to search for
AT&T
, the search string must be
AT\&T
.
If you want to search for a negative value, type the value in the search string without the minus character. For example, if you want to search for
-5000
, the search string must be
5000
.
If you want to search a date, use a simple date format, such as
<Month> <DD> <YYYY>
, in any order and do not use a date format, such as
<YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>
or
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD
. For example, use November 20 2014 or 2014 Nov 20 as the search string.
The following image shows the
Search
box with the search string, John Smith:
Click
Search
.
The following image shows the search results in the search page:
Optionally, you can group the records that appear in search results based on the business entity types.
The search results are sorted and moved to the relevant business entity type groups.
To find the record that you are searching for, expand the business entity type under which you expect to find the record.