This procedure enables you to execute the specification search saved in a query.
Note
You can execute long and complex queries in the background using the drilldown reporting job function. The result is saved automatically as a set of hits.
You have display authorization for the query group in which the query you want to execute is located.
Call the Specification Workbench .
In the navigation area, double-click
<Specification Category>
.
<Specification Category>
stands for the
specification category
of the specifications you want to find using the query, in other words, the specifications, for which you want to execute the query.
The
Edit Specification: Initial Screen
appears.
Choose
.The group overview of the queries is displayed.
Double-click the query that you want to execute.
If required, enter a change number (see Engineering Change Management for Specifications ), a key date, and a period in which the search criteria saved in the query must be fulfilled (see Specification Search ). Note that you can only execute a query if the key date and the change number match the settings in the workbench. You can copy the settings from the dialog box to the workbench.
Note
Search criteria entered on the initial screen are not taken into account when the query is executed.
While the query is being executed, you have no influence on the search for specifications unless the search results in more specifications than you specified in Customizing for
Basic Data and Tools
under
Specify Environment Parameters
in the environment parameter QRY_HITLIST_MAX_ENTRIES. In this case, a dialog box appears in which you can decide how you wish to continue:
Choose
Hit list
if you want to continue the search from the query with the same search criteria.
Choose
Simple
if you want to continue the search from the query with the same search criteria, but want the result to be displayed in a simplified hit list. This hit list then only contains the specification key, the specification type, and the value that lead to the specification being included in the hit list.
Choose
Refine
if you want to enter additional search criteria to
refine
the search.
Choose
Reduce
if you want to enter additional search criteria to
reduce
the search.
Choose
Cancel
if you want to start a new search.