Search Overview

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Beast Core 6 has a powerful Search application with functionality that is logical and easy to use.

Search Navigation

  1. Click the far-left Search icon to open the Search application on the main screen.

  2. Or, use the drop-down menu in the left-hand content pane to open and use the Search app in that pane

    • Alongside another app’s main screen content

  3. Refer to these articles for additional information:

Using Search

  1. The Search application:

    • Provides two search category tabs and a Search textbox

    • Conducts a global search for related program data when you enter a keyword

  2. Select the (default) Components tab to search for specific component metadata.

    • Your keyword query returns abbreviated results when you conduct a search in the left-hand content pane

      • To expand this pane, hover over the right edge of the content pane and click and drag the blue vertical line

    • Your keyword query returns results in a columned table format when you conduct a search on the main screen

      • You can sort some columns (A to Z; Z to A)

      • If applicable, use the horizontal scroll bar to view columns to the far right

        NOTE

        Search results that exceed the size of the search window display via an infinite scroll function.

        Additional content loads automatically when the vertical scroll bar (or your mouse wheel) reaches the bottom of the window.

    • Click the Ellipsis in the Actions column to open an Action Menu for your selected component

  3. Select the Documents tab to search for reference documents relevant to a specific component or system.

    • To open a desired document:

      • Click the Ellipsis in that document’s Actions column

      • Select Open Document on the Action Menu