Saving and Restoring Named Searches 

Use

MDM Data Manager includes the ability to save all of the current search selections to a record on the MDM repository’s Named Searches table. These named searches are available to any user connecting to the repository, unlike local searches which are saved to the file system of the machine on which a user is running Data Manager.

Before you can save search selections to a named search, you must first create a corresponding record on the Named Searches table. The Named searches table supports a maximum of 400 records (400 named searches). Each time you save to a specific named search record, you overwrite its previously stored search selections.

Restoring a named search applies its associated search selections to the current record set and returns whatever set of records match this search criteria. Until you save search selections to a named search record, selecting the named search returns all records. However, once you save search selections to a named search, it is possible that restoring this named search can return zero records.

A user’s ability to create a named search is controlled by the Named Searches table privilege in the MDM Console.

A user’s ability to save to a named search is controlled by the Save Named Search role privilege in the MDM Console.

You can add named searches as criteria for the MDM Console’s record constraint feature.

Procedure

To save the current search selections as a named search:

       1.      Choose Search ® Save as Named Search from the main menu.

       2.      Select the named search to which you want to save the current search selections from the cascading menu of named searches.

To restore search selections from a named search:

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       1.      Choose Search ® Restore Named Search from the main menu.

       2.      Select the named search from which you want to restore search selections from the cascading menu of named searches. MDM clears the current search selections and restores the search selections of the named search.

Restoring a named search, which replaces the current search selections with those of the named search, is different than selecting a named search in the Named Searches search tab, which adds the named search as a current search selection.