Advanced search dialog

To open the Advanced search dialog, do one of the following in the report list:

  • Click the arrow beside the "Search" button and select Advanced Search.
  • Select Tools menu> Search reports> Advanced search.

The Advanced search dialog enables you to search on report titles, report notes, data source names (cube titles), and dimension names. You can use Ctrl-click to select more than one field.

You can perform any of the following word searches:

You must enter something in at least one of the fields.

Pattern searching is also provided. The following wildcard patterns are supported:

Character

Description

%

Any string of zero or more characters.

_ (underscore)

Any single character.

[] (square brackets)

Any single character within the specified range ([a-f]) or set ([abcdef]).

[^]

Any single character not within the specified range ([^a-f]) or set ([^abcdef]).

Examples

Pattern

Match

%computer%

"computer" anywhere in the field text.

_ ean

4-letter field text ending in "_ean" (Dean, Sean, etc.)

[C-P]arsen

Field text ending in "arsen" and starting with any single character between C and P (Carsen, Larsen, Karsen, etc.).

De[^|]%

Field Text starting in "De" where the following character is not "|".