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Search and Advanced Filtering

This article will demonstrate how to search for a text within any of the fields across the pages and how to conduct advanced searches using keywords​

  1. From the Data Governance Tool Main home page, click Menu Menu.png on the top left corner of the screen.

  2. Under Menu, select the second option – DataMaps

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  1. On the Data Maps screen, click System Names to view the table of System Names and their related information

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  2. To search for any particular field or System Name, type in the relevant keyword in the search bar

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  3. There are 2 Types of search options All & System Name

    Note: All will run the search on all fields and System Name will only search on the system name field

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Advanced Filtering​

  1. To search for data in a specific field, click Advanced Filtering

  2. Select either the ‘+And Group’ or the ‘+Or Group’

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  3. The ‘+And Group’ filters the information, satisfying each condition at a time. This means that the first condition is satisfied, the information is obtained and on this filtered information, the second condition is applied and so on. The ‘+Or group’ considers all conditions at the same time.

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  1. The Advanced Filtering allows you to further search the filtered information using complex search criteria like ‘=’, ‘starts with’, etc. and can be paired with multiple ‘And’ or ‘Or’ conditions.
  • For example: If you want information on System Name ‘Workday’, then click Advanced Filtering

    • Select the ‘+And’ Group

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    • Under ‘Select Column’ choose ‘System Name’ Under ‘Select Filter’, select ‘starts with’

    • Under ‘Value’, type in W

    • Click the tick mark next to ‘Value’

    • Click 'Apply'

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    • This will display all System Names starting with the letter ‘W’

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    • If you wish to further filter the options to show only ‘Workday’

    • Click on Advanced Filtering, your previous condition will be visible

    • Click on ‘+ And Group’ this will obtain results only from the previously filtered information i.e., System Names starting with the letter ‘W’

    • Under ‘Select Columns’, choose ‘Business Function Users’

    • Under ‘Select Filter’, choose ‘starts with’

    • Under ‘Value’ type H, for HR as HR is a Business Function User of the system ‘Workday’

    • Click on the tick mark next to ‘Value’

    • Click Apply

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  • System Name "Workday" will be displayed now

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