Qvidian Finding Content in the QPA Library
Version 11.0 - 4/20/2017
CONTENTS
Introduction
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The library
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Navigation panel
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Library area
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Personal area
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Searching within the Navigation panel
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Search panel
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Content records
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Browse the library
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Expand folders
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Search for a folder
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View a folder's contents
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Select or Deselect multiple folders
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Search the library
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Search operators
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Content ID search
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Limit a search to specific folders
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Selected and Found In tabs
Advanced searching
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Found In
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Content Type, Format and Restrictions
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Search Words
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Advanced Filtering
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Custom Metadata
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Run a saved search
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Default search preferences
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Creating default search preferences
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Returning to default search preferences
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Returning to Qvidian’s default search settings
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Changing the default search condition
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Work with search results
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Status icons
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Navigate through the search results
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View content records
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Select content records
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Actions
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Additional Resources
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Introduction
The Qvidian-managed content that your organization has approved for use in proposals, RFPs or presentations,
along with its properties, is known as a content record. Content records are stored in the Qvidian library. This guide
focuses on finding these content records by browsing or searching. You can learn more about working with content
records, managing content in the library and other QPA tasks by visiting the Qvidian Help Center or Qvidian Community, attending an open Q&A session or taking a training course. For more information, see "Additional
Resources" on page 17.
The library
The library opens in a condensed browser window, is made up of two panels. The Navigation panel, on the
left side, and the Search panel on the right. You can drag the bar dividing the left and right panels to change
their width.
Example of the library screen in Grid view, with the Navigation panel on the left and Search panel on the right. .
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You can have up to five library screens open at the same time, each displayed as a separate tab. The full functionality is available on each tab.
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To add a library screen tab showing the full library folder structure, with no folders selected, click the
plus sign (+) to the right of the current tab. The new tab has the name Library until you select a folder or
run a basic or saved search, at which time the name changes to reflect the folder name, the text used in
the search or the name of the saved search you ran.
To add a new library screen tab focused on the selected folder's contents, select the folder on the Full
tab of the Library area and then, from the Actions menu, select Open in New Tab. The screen has the
name of the selected folder.
To add a new library screen tab focused on your search results, on any tab in the Personal area, doubleclick on a saved search of any type, or select a saved search and, from the Actions menu, select Run in
new tab. The tab has the name of the saved search.
Each tab operates independently, which allows you to view the results of selecting different search criteria
while switching back and forth between tabs as needed.
Navigation panel
The Navigation panel is made up of two tabs, the Library tab, which shows the available records in the library
and the Personal tab, which shows the saved searches available to or performed by you. Both of these tabs
have additional tabs within them.
Library area
The Library tab has three tabs:
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Full: Shows all the Content Library folders to which you have access, in their tree structure.
Selected: Shows only those folders you have checked in the Full tab, in alphabetical order, independent
of tree structure. This offers a quick view of which folders are selected and will be searched.
Found In: Shows only those folders containing content records found by your most recent search. Clearing the check box for a folder on the Selected or Found In tab also clears it on the other tabs, removing
its contents from being used in subsequent searches.
Personal area
The Personal area is used to work with saved searches and includes three tabs:
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My Q: Lists all the saved searches available to you, including built-in public saved searches, and a "My
Edits" search that finds all content records you have currently checked out for editing. In the My Q tab,
you have the option to view all saved searches or only those marked as favorites. My Saved Searches,
searches you have created and saved, includes the 4 icons below that can be used to share a saved
search, mark it as a favorite or make the search public or private.
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Shared: Shows public searches, searches shared with you, or both (but not built-in public searches).
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History: Shows the searches and saved searches you have run recently.
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Icons appear below the saved searches on the My Q and Shared tabs, indicating the source or type of the
search.
The search has been shared to you by someone else.
You have shared this search to others.
You have marked the search as a favorite.
The search is a public one created by you or another Qvidian user.
Built-in public saved searches appear only on the My Q tab and are displayed differently from other saved
searches.
Searching within the Navigation panel
You can search all of the tabs of the Personal area, as well as the Full tab of the Library area, for specific entries
that appear on those tabs.
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On any Personal area tab, enter all or part of the title of a saved or historic search in the field at the top
of the tab, then click
or press Enter.
On the Library area's Full tab, enter all or part of the name of a folder, then click
The tab changes to show just the entries matching your search. To clear the search, click
or press Enter.
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Search panel
The Search panel shows the contents of the selected folder or the results of a search, as well as controls
related to performing searches and viewing search results. To perform functions in the library screen, rightclick on the item (content record, folder, etc.) and select the desired function from the pop-up menu that
opens, or select the item and select the function from the Actions menu.
Note Some actions are available only when multiple items are selected.
You can choose the view in which they display, the order of the content records, the number displayed on
each page, which of their properties to include properties in the results, and the size of columns.
Select a Search panel view
By default, records are show in List View. To change the view, click one of the following options above the
search results:
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Grid View: Displays results in a grid with customizable columns.
Grid View with Preview: Displays results in a grid with customizable columns and a preview of the
highlighted content record to the right of the results. The preview includes an image of the record, a
Content tab with the record's text and a Details tab with customizable property details.
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List View: Displays results in a list along with its properties.
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List View with Preview: Displays results in a list along with its properties and a preview of the highlighted content record to the right of the results. The preview includes an image of the record, a Content tab with the record's text and a Details tab with customizable property details.
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Full Size Preview: Displays results in thumbnails down the left side of the search panel. A Content tab
with the record's text and a Details tab with customizable property details display on the right side of
the panel. The selected content record displays in the center of the panel. Additional view controls are
located at the bottom of the center panel.
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Move the zoom control slider to the right to zoom in or to the left to zoom out.
Click the arrows at the bottom of the screen to navigate through content with multiple pages or
slides.
Click
(to the right of the zoom control slider) to view the content record as an image or click
to view it as am HTML.
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Click
to turn on hit highlighting. The button corresponding to the current view displays in
dark blue.
Examples of library in Grid View (left) and Grid View with Preview (right).
Examples of library in List View (left) and List View with Preview (right).
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Example of library in Full Size Preview view.
Change the number of rows
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To select the number of records that display on the search results panel, select the number of rows from
the Rows drop-down menu in the right bottom corner of the screen.
Re-size the grid columns
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To re-size columns, click and drag the right or left border of any column header. The re-sizing will be
retained from session to session until changed.
Sort the results
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(Grid View only) Click on the column heading by which you want to sort in ascending order. Click again
to sort in descending order.
Select the property by which you want to sort the from the Sort By drop-down menu. The order in
which they are sorted, ascending or descending, is indicated by the button to the right of the selected
Sort By property. By default, they are sorted in ascending order, as indicated by the ascending button
next to the selected. Click the button to change to the order to descending. Click it again to return
to ascending order.
In the example above, the content records are sorted by their Content ID in descending order.
Add, Remove, or Reorder displayed content record properties
You can choose which properties to display with their content records in search results. Depending on your
view, these properties may display as columns, additional information beneath the content record or on the
Preview Details tab. Once added, you can also filter on these properties.
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1. Click
, and then click the Columns tab.
2. Select the check box next to the column name to add that column to the grid or clear the check box to
remove it.
3. (Optional) Click and hold
, and then move the column to a new position on the list. Columns will dis-
play with the top column on the left and subsequent columns to the right.
4. Click Apply to save any changes or click Reset to reset selections to the last settings.
Set the default grid view for all users (Administrators only)
If you have the Allow user to manage library results default columns for new users permission, you can
choose the columns and the order in which they display in the grid view for all users. The settings will only
apply to new users created after the settings are saved.
1. Click
, and then click the Columns tab.
2. Select the check box next to the column name to add that column to the grid or clear the check box to
remove it.
3. (Optional) Click and hold
, and then move the column to a new position on the list. Columns will dis-
play with the top column on the left and subsequent columns to the right.
4. Click Set as Default to save.
Filter results based on content record properties
You can filter individual columns to display only the results that match specific values.
1. Click
. The Filter tab displays.
2. Select the column you want to filter. Columns are divided into Text, Numeric, and Date groups based on
the type of content in that column.
3. Select a search operator and enter a value for each of the elected column types.
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Text : Select either Contains, Matches, or Starts with from the drop-down menu. In the corresponding field, enter the text you want to locate in records and display at the top of the grid.
Numeric: Select either Equals, Greater than, or Less than from the drop-down menu. In the corresponding field, enter the numbers you want to locate and display at the top of the grid.
Date: Select either On, Before, or After from the drop-down menu. In the corresponding field,
click to select the date you want to locate in records and display at the top of the grid.
4. Click Apply. The filter tag displays beneath the search field at the top of the screen with the Found In
and Include selections.
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Content records
The content records returned by your search or browsed to via the Navigation panel are displayed below the
search bar in the search panel, along with their file type icons, status icons, titles, Content IDs, and any other
content record properties that you have chosen to include.
An example of a content record, displayed in the library in grid view, that is a Microsoft® Word file, has an alert enabled, includes comments
and is linked to other content records.
Browse the library
Content records are stored in folders in the library. The folders are listed on the Library tab of the Navigation
panel on the left side of the library screen. You can browse or manage content from this tab. The Library tab
has three tabs: Full, Selected and Found In. When you browse for content, you will primarily use the Full tab
that lists all of the library's folders and sub-folders to which you have access. The number of content records
in each folder is listed to the right of the folder title. The number only includes the content records in that
folder. It does not include records in the folder's subfolders. By default, when you open the library, these
folders are closed and collapsed. When you open a folder, its content records display on the search results
grid.
In this example of the library, the Content Library and Qvidian folders have been expanded and their sub-folders, which are collapsed, are
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visible. The Company Information folder, which contains 14 content records, has been selected and its content records are displayed in the results. Note that the open folder title is highlighted.
Expand folders
To make it easier to see the contents of your library, you can to expand all or some of the sub-folders.
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To expand a folder to show all its sub-folders, click the expand / collapse arrow to the left of the folder
icon, or the select the folder and then select Expand All from the Actions menu.
To collapse all subfolders of a specific folder, click the expand / collapse arrow to the left of the folder
icon, or the select the folder and then select Collapse Sub-folders from the Actions menu.
Search for a folder
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To find a folder, type the folder name into the search field at the top of the full tab and then click
press Enter.
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View a folder's contents
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To open a folder, click the folder title or folder icon to open the folder. The content records will be displayed in the search panel.
To view the contents of several folders at once, select the check box next to each folder and then click
next to the search field above the search results, without typing text into the search field. The combined contents of the folders appear on the search panel.
Opening a folder will not automatically open its sub-folders. You must click on each folder you wish to view.
Open folders will be highlighted, as shown in the example above. There are check boxes next to each folder
that includes the folder in searches, but will not open it. If you select these boxes it will limit your next search
to those specific folders.
Select or Deselect multiple folders
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To quickly select multiple folders for searching, on the Full tab of the Library area, select the parent
folder and, from the Actions menu, select Select Subfolders.
To quickly remove multiple folders from being searched, select the parent folder and, from the Actions
menu, select Deselect Subfolders.
If you want sub-folders checked when their parent folder is checked, on the Full tab of the Library area,
from the Actions menu, select Auto Select Subfolders.
By default when you browse folders after a search, the parameters, such as your Found In, filtering and custom
metadata selections, that you have set in your search do not apply. If you would like to retain the search parameters when you browse folders, you can do so by selecting the Apply search criteria to browsing check
box in the Advanced Search Criteria screen. This only applies to current window unless you include it in your
default setting.
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Search the library
The search engine in the Qvidian Proposal Automation (QPA) library works like most other search engines you
encounter, such as the ones you use to search the internet. As with most search engines, your searches in the
library can be simple or more advanced.
There are two ways to search the library:
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Run a new search by entering search text, optionally selecting advanced search criteria to refine your
search, then clicking
or pressing Enter.
Run a saved search by double-clicking any saved search in the Personal tab of the Navigation panel, or
selecting it and then selecting Run from the Actions menu.
Note If you have been granted the permissions, you may also see a list of suggested searches when
you enter text in the search field at the top of the window. These suggestions are based on searches
that you and other users in your role have run.
Watch: Searching the library
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By default, when searching, QPA looks for content records that contain matches for your search text. By
default, it will look in both the text of the content, its title and its search terms. Once you have run the search,
you can review the search results using the desired view. Then, if you have not found the content records you
are seeking, you can refine the search text or criteria to produce different results. Within the results, you can
perform functions, such as copying, downloading or exporting the content records. You can also save your
search for future use.
Depending on the size of your library, you may be able to quickly locate a content record using one of these
methods alone. However, for many users it is necessary to take a few additional steps. QPA offers a variety of
options to refine searches.
Whether you are performing a basic or advanced search, the parameters in effect for the search will display in
addition to the search results. These parameters may be defaults (for example, by default the title is always
searched) or may be selections you made using advanced search options or filters. Parameters are shown as a
set of boxes beneath the box where you enter search text. You can click the x to remove any of the existing
search parameters. Do not remove all the parameters: doing so will result in no search results, since essentially
you have indicated to search within no parts of the record.
Search operators
You can narrow or broaden your search using standard Boolean operators, which define the relationship
between search terms.
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Type AND between search text elements to search for only content records with all of those terms or
numbers are found. By default, QPA uses the OR Boolean operator that searches for content records in
which any of the search terms or numbers are found.
To find only records where two or more of the words appear together, type quotation marks around the
words to indicate that they form a phrase . If you do not add quotation marks, QPA looks for content
records that contain any of those separate words.
To exclude word from a search, type a minus sign before the word.
To search for text based on just its first characters, type the first few letters or numbers followed by an
asterisk (*), which represents any number of letters or numbers.
Tips: Is a content record not showing in search results even though you know it is in your library? You
may be restricting your search. When in doubt, set your search preferences back to the QPA default
search settings. For more information, see "Default search preferences" on page 14.
Content ID search
If you know the Content ID of the content records you are trying to locate, you can search for specific Content
IDs numbers without changing your Found In selections by using a syntax search. This search will only return
records with the specific Content ID number(s) for which you searched.
1. In the search field, enter a left bracket, the tag, a colon or space and the Content ID number or a list of
numbers delimited by a space, comma, or semicolon, and a right bracket. Examples: [ID: 123] [Content
IDs 123, 456, 789]
The following tags, which are not case-sensitive, can be used:
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Content ID
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Content IDs
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IDs
2. Click
or press Enter.
Note Non-interger values within the brackets will be ignored. Anything outside a bracket will be
treated as normal search terms.
Limit a search to specific folders
You can limit your search to specific folders.
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To select all folders for searching, on the Full tab of the Library area, click Select All.
To deselect all folders for searching, on the Full tab of the Library area, click Deselect All. If no folders
are selected the search will return results from all folders as well as content record that are not assigned
to a folder.
To quickly select multiple folders for searching, on the Full tab of the Library area, select the parent
folder and, from the Actions menu, select Select Subfolders.
To quickly remove multiple folders from being searched, select the parent folder and, from the Actions
menu, select Deselect Subfolders.
If you want sub-folders checked when their parent folder is checked, on the Full tab of the Library area,
from the Actions menu, select Auto Select Subfolders.
By default, when you browse folders after a search, the criteria, such as your Found In, filtering and custom
metadata selections, that you have set in your search do not apply. If you would like to retain the search criteria when you browse folders, you can do so by selecting the Apply search criteria to browsing check box
in the Advanced Search Criteria screen. This only applies to current window unless you include it in your
default setting.
Selected and Found In tabs
If you have selected folders to search, those folders will be displayed on the Selected tab of the Library tab on
the Navigation panel with the number of content records in each folder to the right of the folder title. The
Found In tab lists the folders in which the content records for which you searched were found. The number of
content records in the folder that were included in your search results displays to the right of the folder title.
At the top of the Selected and Found In tabs of the Library area, you see the following set of View Path
options:
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Full: Displays the full folder path, including the top folder and all subfolders. This can be quite lengthy,
depending on the complexity of your folder structure.
Start: Displays the beginning of the folder path, or top folder of the hierarchy.
End: Displays the ending of the folder path, including the folder above (parent folder) the folder in
which the record exists.
None: Displays the title of the folder only.
Advanced searching
The Advanced Search Criteria options allows you to define several sets of independent or related search text
for which to search and to define the characteristics records must have to be searched, as well as the parts of
the record to be searched. Advanced searching also lets you search based on considerations in addition to, or
instead of, search text, such as how often a record has been used, when it expired and other parameters.
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To run an advanced search, click to open the Advanced Search Criteria screen, select any of the search criteria options below, and then click Search, or, from any text field, press Enter.
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After you run an advanced search, you may want to save that search to quickly use again.
Example of the Advanced Search Criteria screen.
Found In
Under Found In, you can choose which content record properties you want to include in the search. The more
you include, the more search results will come back.
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Select or clear the check box next to the content record property you would like to search.
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To remove a filter, click the X on the filter tag beneath the search field at the top of the screen.
Content Type, Format and Restrictions
Limit your search to include only the content records that are have a specific Content type, or File Format, such
as Word or Excel, or Restriction.
Search Words
On this tab, you can set the how the search engine searches the terms you enter and the language in which it
searches.
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To run an inflectional search, which searches for both the single and plural forms of a noun and the multiple tenses of a verb, select the Also find other word forms check box.
To change the language in which you are searching, select the language you wish to search from the Language drop-down menu.
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By default when you browse folders after a search, the parameters, such as your Found In, filtering and custom
metadata selections, that you have set in your search do not apply. This only applies to the current window
unless you include it in your default setting.
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To retain the search parameters when you browse folders, select the Apply search criteria to browsing
check box.
Advanced Filtering
On the Advanced Filtering tab, you can limit your search results by filtering on a variety of criteria. The tab is
broken into four panels that can be expanded or collapsed by clicking the panel title. By default the Details
panel is expanded.
By Details
In this section, you can limit your search result to content records based on the number of times they have
been used, linked to, linked from, or used as a Translation Parent, as well as their Translation Status.
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Select a filter from the drop-down menu and then type a value in the appropriate field or select a value
form the drop-down menu.
By Users
You can search for content based on the user(s) who created, owned, managed, last user or modified, or
checked out the content record.
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Select an option, and then click Me to make yourself the user or click select to open the Assigned user
dialog box to select one or more additional users.
By Dates
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Choose the appropriate filter (on, before, after, or between), then use the calendar icon to navigate to
the appropriate date the content was created, last modified, checked out/in, expired or last used.
By Status
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Select the check box next to one or more status check boxes, then click Yes to include content that has
that status or No to exclude it.
Custom Metadata
If your instance of Qvidian Proposal Automated (QPA) has been configured with custom metadata, you can
search for records based on their metadata values. The parameters shown on the Custom Metadata tab reflect
how the metadata was configured for your specific QPA implementation, and may include:
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For date fields: Select On, Before, After or Between from the drop-down menu, and then specify the
appropriate date(s) typing it in mm/dd/yyyy format, or by clicking
and selecting the date(s).
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For text fields: Select Matches, Begins With, Ends With or Contains from the drop-down menu, and
then and type a value in the appropriate field, or select Is Null and do not type a value. In some cases,
you may also select the value from a drop-down menu.
For numeric fields: Select Equals, Less Than or Greater Than and type a value in the appropriate field.
Run a saved search
Saved searches can help you quickly find content records without going through the process of setting up
your search criteria, selecting folders, and typing your search terms again. The Navigation panel's Personal tab
has many saved searches, including built-in searches, searches you save yourself, searches others have saved
and shared with you, and all of the searches you have performed in the last six months.
You locate a search on any of the tabs below by typing text into the search field and clicking
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To run a saved search, from the My Q tab, click a search title.
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To run a shared search, from the Shared tab, click a search title.
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To run a previous search, from the History tab, click on the search. The search may be listed by the
terms or the folders searched. You can view only searches run a specific date by either typing the date
into the date box or clicking
and selecting the date.
Default search preferences
To provide a consistent starting point for your searches, you can save your default search criteria, such as
folders and Include/Found In selections. Every time you open the library or a new tab in the library, the default
search criteria will be in place.
Creating default search preferences
You can save your search criteria as your default search preferences. Default search preferences include Found
In, Include, Content Type, Content File Format, Restrictions, advanced filters and folder selections. The default
criteria does not include text entered into the search box.
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To create your default search preferences, click the Set as my defaults button at the bottom of the
Advanced Search Criteria screen. The criteria you selected will now be the default settings for all future
searches.
Returning to default search preferences
If you have modified search criteria during a search and you can return to your Default Search Preferences.
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Click the Reset to my defaults button at the bottom of the Advanced Search Criteria screen.
Returning to Qvidian’s default search settings
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Click the Reset to Qvidian defaults button at the bottom of the Advanced Search Criteria screen to
return to Qvidian’s default search settings.
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Changing the default search condition
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On the Search Words tab, select the Default search behavior. You can have searches, by default, search
for Any of these words (default) or All of these words. Regardless of the setting, you can still insert AND
or OR between search words or phrases to define how text is interpreted.
Work with search results
The content records returned by a search or browsed to via the Navigation panel are displayed in the library
below the search bar, along with their file type icons, status icons, titles, Content IDs, and any other content
record properties that you have chosen to include.
An example of a content record, displayed in the library in Grid View, that is a Microsoft® Word file, has an alert enabled, includes comments
and is linked to other content records.
Status icons
On all but the Full Size Preview view, you can quickly see a record's status from the icons that appear. Icons are
grayed out if not in effect. To view more details about a status, make sure that the appropriate column is
shown in the view. For example, if the icon indicates a record has expired, in order to see the date of expiry,
you need to have selected the Expired column to be displayed .
Icon
Status
Bookmarked
Checked out for editing (The name of the user who checked it out also displays.)
Expired
Alerts enabled
Used in a bundle
Comments associated with the record
Feedback associated with the record
Linked to another record
Navigate through the search results
On List View and Grid View, if search results fill more than one page, you can use the controls at the bottom of
the view to move through the pages of results and to change the number of items shown per page.
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Select either Status, Content ID, Content title or Context text from the Sort by drop-down menu,
and then click
to change to display results in descending or
to display results in ascending
order.
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To go to a specific page, by entering a page number in the Page field and press Enter or Tab.
On the Full Size Preview view, use the controls to the left of the filmstrip view to move up or down in
the found content records, or to quickly move to the first or last content record found.
View content records
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To preview the content record, double-click on the content record in the search result.
To view the content records included in a Bundle, double-click on the Bundle record in the search result.
A new library tab, with a list of the included content records, will open.
To download the content record, double-click on the content record's file icon. For example:
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Select content records
You can select a single content record by clicking on the record in the search results, or select multiple
options using one of the methods below:
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Select a range of content records
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Right-click on any content record and then select Select All from the Actions menu.
Select all content records on a single page
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Hold the Ctrl key and then click on the desired content records. Navigating to a new page of results will not clear your selections.
Select all content records returned in a search
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Hold the Shift key and then click on the first and last content record in the range you want to
select.
Right-click on any content record and then select Select All on Page from the Actions menu.
Select all content records on multiple pages
1. Right-click on any content record in the search results page and then select Select All on Page
from the Actions menu.
2. Navigate to the next page of results you want to select, press Ctrl, and then select Select All on
Page from the Actions menu. A pop-up window displays.
3. Click Yes to keep selection from all pages.
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Actions
In addition to previewing and downloading, you can perform a variety of actions on the content records using
the Actions menu. The Actions menu includes functions to cut, paste, copy, delete, edit, bookmark, export,
bundles create web links, provide feedback, view their properties and more.
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To open the action menu, select one or more content records and then either right click on the record
(s) or click Actions, located above the content records in the search panel.
Additional Resources
We have a variety of resources to help you find the information you need and get the most out of your QPA
instance.
Qvidian Help Center
The Qvidian Help Center is a comprehensive QPA knowledge base that includes a variety of topics ranging
from how-to's to best practices, links to PDF guides, video tutorials and the training events calendar. To access
the Help Center from QPA, hover over the Help button on the Global Header and then select Product Help
from the menu.
Q&A Sessions
Have questions? Ask the Qvidian Training team at any of the Q&A sessions held throughout the year. To view
the calendar of upcoming events, go to the Qvidian Help Center and click Training at the bottom of the
screen.
Qvidian University
Qvidian offers a variety of training options and live events to improve your QPA Knowledge, including training
courses, live events and Connect, our yearly user conference. For more information, visit the Qvidian University
website (http://www.qvidian.com/university ), call us at 800.272.0047, or email [email protected].
Qvidian Community
Visit the Qvidian Community ( http://www.qvidian.com/community ) to view a variety of Knowledge articles,
find out about new releases, submit and vote on product improvements, and discuss QPA topics with Qvidian
team members and other Qvidian customers.
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