Perform a search

Procedure Open the product structure and select the top line against which you want to search.

Note Search always returns lines in an unpacked state. If there are packed lines, while performing a spatial search, ensure that the first column in the Structure Manager view is BOM Line Name and not BOM Line. By default, BOM Line is the first column. Click the Search button on the toolbar. Teamcenter displays the Search pane directly below the structure tree. If appropriate, click the Clear All button to reset any previously specified criteria. Use the Search pane to specify one or more of the following search criteria: Scope You can search an assembly, rather than the entire product, to obtain results more quickly. To set an assembly as the scope of the search, click the ... button next to the Search Scope box and browse to the desired assembly. Teamcenter displays the name of the selected assembly in the Search Scope box. Item identifier

Tip You can search for items whose identifiers, names, attributes or types match a specific pattern. For example, you can type 57h* into the Item ID box to find all items whose ID start with 57h. Select the appropriate arithmetic function in the leftmost box to obtain the desired results, for example, = to obtain an exact match. Classification family or attributes Occurrence notes Spatial information using 3D boxes or proximity values Form attributes To specify search criteria, click the ... button to the right of each box and enter information in the resulting dialog box. All the criteria you enter are combined so that you can, for example, search for all bolts whose name starts with bo and are within 3 centimeters of another part. Click the Search button on the pane to begin the search. Teamcenter starts the search and loads the lines into the Search Results dialog box in batches. It displays a progress bar indicating the number of structure lines found as a percentage of the likely results. You can click the Pause button to the right of the progress bar at any time to halt the search. Click the button to the left of the progress bar to load all the results. Select a line in the Search Results dialog box to highlight the corresponding item or item revision in the structure tree and the embedded viewer. You can also click Display or Display in New Window to view a selected item from the results list.

Note Search results are dynamically updated if a variant rule configures the structure and you remove a structure line. However, the search results are not updated if you add a structure line. You can hide the Search pane when it is no longer needed by clicking the Search button in the toolbar again.