Search configuration

Via the “Search configuration” dialog box you can further specify the search parameters of an advanced search. To do so, proceed as follows:

2. Make the appropriate settings:
   • Possibly select a modifier from the “Modifier” menu . You can choose between the options:
     • Empty: The search only captures products where the attribute value of the respective attribute equals the entered search parameter.
     • Or*: If the advanced search comprises of multiple attributes, the search captures all the products where at least one of the attribute values equals the entered search paramaters.
     • Without value**: The search only captures products where the respective attribute does not possess a value.
     • With any value: The search only captures products where the respective attribute possess a given value (first introduced in version 5.5.1).
     • Exact: This search modifier appears only for attributes with multiple values. The search only captures products for which the respective attribute has all of the selected lookup values (since version 5.8.1).
   • Possibly change the search parameter by entering a new value respectively select another value from the menu .
   • Possibly use the range search to search for a range of attribute values:
     1. Move the “Range search” toggle switch to the position.
     2. Enter a start value in the input field “From number of …”.
     3. Enter an end value in the input field “To number of …”.
   • From the “Context” menu , possibly select the context level on which the search is to be carried out. You can also tick multiple options**.
   • From the “Supplier” menu , possibly select the supplier level on which the search is to be carried out. You can also tick multiple options (Since version 5.4.2; only for supplier attributes).
   • From the “Locale” menu , possibly select the language level on which the search is to be carried out. You can also tick multiple options.
   • From the “Search level” menu , possibly select the product structure level on which the search is to be carried out (Since version 5.4.2; only for attributes that cover multiple product structure levels).

• Um finalise the configuration of the search settings, auf den APPLY-Button klicken.
  The dialog box closes.
• Um cancel the search settings configuration, auf den CANCEL-Button klicken.

• The range search can only be applied to attributes of certain types such as „Number“.
• *Make sure to select this search modifier for all the relevant attributes.
• **When calling up the dialog box, a context is already preselected. The preselected context is the one that possesses the lowest order value. In the “Clients” area of the “System setup” section in iPIM CC you can edit the order value of individual contexts.

**In order to search for products that do not possess a value for the respective attribute, select the search modifier „Without value“ and enter a „*“.