Search

The standard search is a full text search. With (advanced search), you can filter results.

Full Text Search

  • To search, enter the search terms into the search box and choose Enter.

The following content is considered in the standard search:

  • Diagram titles

  • Attributes of diagrams and elements

  • Element labels

  • Comments

  • Revision information

  • Content of uploaded files

  • Dictionary entry links

The following operators are available:

Search operators

Description

Wildcard (*)

The wildcard character (*) is a placeholder for one or more characters.

For example, the search term lab*r returns results for both British English (labour) and American English (labor).

AND

Connect search terms with AND to only get results that contain all terms.

Phrases

Put a phrase in quotation marks ("...") to get an exact match.

For example, "Process Manager" lists all results that contain the complete phrase Process Manager, and not items that only include the term Manager.

Use quotation marks when you search for hyphenated terms, for example "e-learning".

This search does not include partial matches, the phrase needs to consist of complete words.

Advanced Search

With the advanced search, you can limit the search to a specific attribute. Attributes on diagram and element level can be selected.

To execute an advanced search, follow these steps:

  1. Choose (advanced search)next to the search box.

  2. Select the attribute from the drop-down list. When Search within any field is selected, this is equivalent to the standard search.

  3. Enter the search terms and choose Search. The search results are displayed.

  4. You can add additional search criteria to filter by diagram properties and values. The following filter criteria can be used:

    • Element name

    • Last modified

    • Last author

    • Revision comment

    • Publishing date

    • Publishing state

    • Commenting state

    • SAP Signavio ID

    • Type (diagram, file, folder, or comment)

  5. To filter the search results, choose Add & Search.

  6. To remove a filter, choose (close).

Smart Folders

With smart folders, you can save your advanced searches.

To save a search query as a smart folder, follow these steps:

  1. Execute an advanced search as described above.

  2. Choose (save). The Create Smart Folder dialog opens.

  3. Label the smart folder. You can also add a description.

  4. Confirm with Save.

    The (smart folder) is created in the Smart Folders directory in the navigation panel of the explorer.

Manage smart folders

When you select (smart folder) and choose Edit, the following actions are available:

  • Move

  • Delete

  • Change name/description

Search Results

The results are categorized by location:

  • Found in title or directly in diagram

  • Found in diagram elements

  • Found in comments

You can collapse or extend the categories.

If a search returns many hits, they are displayed over several pages. To navigate the result pages, use the arrow buttons next to the page number.

By default, search results are displayed in icon view. For list view, choose (list view) in the top right corner. To return to icon view, choose (icon view).

For dictionary entries, the category shown is Linked diagrams of dictionary item. To search for dictionary entries, use the search function in the dictionary. See section Full-text search for details.

To access the folder in which an item is located, select the item and click Go to parent.

Return to the Default Explorer View

To leave the search results view, select any folder in the directory.