Searching
- Zach Compton
- Joanna Miller
- Toby Miller
This guide will go over how to use the global search feature in VIA. This search bar, located on the top right section of the VIA screen, will allow you to search through the entire system. This global search is different from filtering which is another feature to help you find information in the VIA system as it applies your search to the entire system; whereas the filter searching option will only apply to the board that you have open. For more information on filtering, click Here
The global search screen will look like this on your screen.
When you click on the search field, the search screen will appear giving you some options for searching and viewing your search results.
The section highlighted in red will allow you to narrow down your search criteria. This section contains three fields. The first field will allow you to specify which product in the in Tranztec's suite of products you want to search through. For this documentation, we will leave this as VIA. The second dropdown box (showing as all in the screen shot above) will display a list of all the types of data (boards) that VIA has to offer that you can search through. Please note that this dropdown will include all board types regardless of if you are using them or not in your company. Changing the middle card type field will change the third dropdown in the search boxes (showing Title in the screen shot above) which is the field name search field. When you first open the search this will default to Title as all the cards in the system will have titles and so this field is a universal search field. If you change the middle (card type) dropdown field. The third field selector field will also change. For example: If we change the Middle field to Invoice then the options in the third field will change to reflect only Invoice Type fields:
If we change the middle field to Driver, then the third field will update to only show fields that are available within a driver's card:
You can use the icons on the right side of the search box to control how many rows show up in your results section. You can choose to show:
1 column:
2 Columns:
or 3 columns:
Basic Use
The quickest and easiest way to search the system is to simply enter in the information you want to search for in the field on the left of the search bar. This basic search will look at card titles that have your search data included. This is a 'contains' search, so as long as your search criteria appears in any part of the title you will be able to see your results. A card title appears in the mini card and at the top of a card when you open it.
As you type your search into the bar, the results will automatically filter down to match your criteria:
Once you have your list of results, clicking on one of the results will open the board and open the card that matches. Your search will disappear but the search criteria will remain. You can run the search again by pressing the search button field again.