Searching the Portal Catalog 
The search tool allows you to quickly locate portal content objects, business objects and folders in the Portal Catalog. Using search criteria that you specify, the search engine queries the following properties in objects and folders:
Object name
Object ID
Description
Procedure
In the Portal Catalog, choose the Search tab.
To specify where to search in the Portal Catalog, choose one of the following options in the Search In dropdown list:
Selected Folder: Searches only in the folder currently selected in the Browse tab.
Entire Portal Catalog: Searches the entire Portal Catalog.
To limit the search to a specific object type, from the Object Type dropdown list, select an object type.
In the Search for field, enter the keywords for which to search.
You may use wildcards in your search query.
To limit the search to the object name, object ID, and description, select the appropriate checkboxes located below the Search for field.
The fewer options you choose, the faster the retrieval of the search results.
Click the Search button.
The search results are displayed below the Search for field. You only receive objects for which you have at least administrator read permission.
Note
To determine where an object or folder is located in the Portal Catalog, right-click the object or folder in the search results, and then choose Locate in Portal Catalog in the context menu.
The context menu offers other object-based actions, such as the ability to open an object in its respective editor.