Search syntax for searching for assets

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Search for Process Center assets

You can find assets, such as toolkits, process applications, services, or business objects faster using specific syntax or tags.
The search looks for the text that is entered in the asset name, description or documentation, type, and tags. To identify reusable assets, you can use the Public tag. See Tagging library items in the related tasks section.
When the asset is found, you can read the documentation for it or open it using the appropriate tool. Then you can reuse these assets on a local or registered Process Center.

Search syntax
Search syntax Description Example
[field name]: <search text> Search for text in a specific asset field: displayName, name, description, tags, and type.
The display names and names of process applications and toolkits are not identical. For process applications and toolkits the displayName is the name of the asset and the name is an acronym.

To search for an asset with the name that starts with the term Business_, use the displayName:Business_ search query.
To search for a particular component, such as a Business Process Diagram, that starts with the term Business_, use the type:"Business Process Diagram" displayName:Business_ search query.

The search is performed for the text that directly precedes the field name entered. Therefore, unless the terms are surrounded by double quotation marks, when you search for name:Do it right, the search returns results that include Do in the name field. The rest of the text is matched with other default fields and results are returned accordingly.
<search text>AND<search text> The Boolean AND operator matches assets that have both terms anywhere in the searchable fields. By default, when two terms are entered in the search field, the AND criteria is included. Instead of the word AND, you can use the & symbol. To search for assets that contain the terms business and process, use the "business AND process" or "business process" search query.
<search text>OR<search text> The Boolean OR operator links two terms and finds matching results if either of the terms exists. Instead of the word OR, you can use the || symbol. To search for assets that contain the terms business or process, use the "business OR process" search query.
<search text>NOT<search text> The Boolean NOT operator excludes assets that are after the NOT operator. Instead of the word NOT, you can use the exclamation mark (!). To search for assets that contain the terms business process but not accounting practice, use the "business process" NOT "accounting practice" search query.
( ) Use parentheses to create a group query that can form complex Boolean logic-based sub queries. (business OR accounting) AND practice
<search text> containing * or ? characters Use the asterisk (*) or question mark (?) wildcard characters in words in a search string to match arbitrary characters. To perform a single-character wildcard search, use the ? character. To perform a multiple-character search, use the * character. The wildcard characters can be at the beginning, middle, or end of a word. To search for assets that end in practice_ followed by only one character, use "*practice_?".

Reusing assets from Process Centers
From the search results, you can navigate to the asset that you searched for, read its documentation, open it in the appropriate tool, and subscribe to the toolkit or process application that contains the asset that you want to use.

Manage assets in the Process Center repository

Related tasks:
Tagging library items

Search syntax	Description	Example
[field name]: <search text>	Search for text in a specific asset field: displayName, name, description, tags, and type. The display names and names of process applications and toolkits are not identical. For process applications and toolkits the displayName is the name of the asset and the name is an acronym.	To search for an asset with the name that starts with the term Business_, use the displayName:Business_ search query. To search for a particular component, such as a Business Process Diagram, that starts with the term Business_, use the type:"Business Process Diagram" displayName:Business_ search query. The search is performed for the text that directly precedes the field name entered. Therefore, unless the terms are surrounded by double quotation marks, when you search for name:Do it right, the search returns results that include Do in the name field. The rest of the text is matched with other default fields and results are returned accordingly.
<search text>AND<search text>	The Boolean AND operator matches assets that have both terms anywhere in the searchable fields. By default, when two terms are entered in the search field, the AND criteria is included. Instead of the word AND, you can use the & symbol.	To search for assets that contain the terms business and process, use the "business AND process" or "business process" search query.
<search text>OR<search text>	The Boolean OR operator links two terms and finds matching results if either of the terms exists. Instead of the word OR, you can use the \|\| symbol.	To search for assets that contain the terms business or process, use the "business OR process" search query.
<search text>NOT<search text>	The Boolean NOT operator excludes assets that are after the NOT operator. Instead of the word NOT, you can use the exclamation mark (!).	To search for assets that contain the terms business process but not accounting practice, use the "business process" NOT "accounting practice" search query.
( )	Use parentheses to create a group query that can form complex Boolean logic-based sub queries.	(business OR accounting) AND practice
<search text> containing * or ? characters	Use the asterisk () or question mark (?) wildcard characters in words in a search string to match arbitrary characters. To perform a single-character wildcard search, use the ? character. To perform a multiple-character search, use the character. The wildcard characters can be at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.	To search for assets that end in practice_ followed by only one character, use "*practice_?".