Managing the search results panes

The search results pane contains an individual tab for each set of search results and a new tab can be added by each new search. Each tab has a label to indicate the configuration rules (for example, revision rule or effective date/unit) in effect when you performed the search. Having the results in individual tabs allows you to manage and retain distinct lists of search results that might have resulted from: Different search criteria Different configurations (revision rules) Different end items Your first search results are listed in a tab named Result 1 by default. Any subsequent search results are added to the current tab. This allows you to merge the results of separate searches. For example, if you want to find all brackets that are on the interior of the product or within 2 cm of part X, you could perform two searches and merge them. Alternatively, you can lock the results tab causing the next search results to create a new tab—Result 2. To lock a results tab, right-click the tab and choose Lock/Unlock from the shortcut menu. You can lock any number of tabs. If the configuration of the end item changed since the last search, Teamcenter automatically adds a new tab rather than merging the next set of search results into the current tab. For example, if you changed the revision rule since the previous search, the next search results create a new tab. This ensures that all lines in a given tab correspond to the same configuration of the end item.