Searching in an On-Demand Paging Report

How to:

The Viewer Control Panel contains controls that offer several ways to search your report. Using the Viewer search controls, you can select a string of information, such as a phrase that occurs in your report or a group of numbers, and search for each occurrence of that string. You can further customize your search by matching capitalization of words exactly (a case-sensitive search) or by controlling the direction of your search (either forward or backward from your starting point in the report). Use these controls to search your report:

Procedure: How to Search in an On-Demand Paging Report

  1. Enter the string in the Search input box.
  2. Click Match Case if you want to perform a case-sensitive search.

    Notice that the WebFOCUS Viewer displays the Match Case button with a red line across it to indicate that it is active.

  3. To begin your search, click:
    1. Search Backward to search for the string from the current page back to the first page.

      or

    2. Find to search from the current page to the end of your report.

    The WebFOCUS Viewer searches the report and underlines the first occurrence of the string.

    Note: The Find functionality will locate the page that the current string is on and underline it. In order to find the string within the page, you must use the Find option in your browser.

  4. Click Find again to search for another occurrence of the string.

    Note: If multiple occurrences of the string display on the same page, the Find functionality will underline the next occurrence. When no more occurrences of the string are found, the next page that the string occurs on is displayed with the first occurrence of the string underlined.

Example: Using the Viewer Control Panel to Search

You want to use the Viewer Control Panel to navigate a long report called Inventory Sales within State to find occurrences of the string Digital, a type of electronics that you sell. After you run the report, WebFOCUS displays the first page of the report in the Viewer.

  1. To search for Digital electronics, type Digital in the input box and click the Find icon, as shown in the following image.

    The WebFOCUS Viewer returns your report with the first occurrence of your search string underlined, as shown in the following image.

  2. Click Find again to locate the next occurrence of Digital.

    Note: If multiple occurrences of the string display on the same page, the Find functionality will underline the next occurrence. When no more occurrences of the string are found, the next page that the string occurs on is displayed with the first occurrence of the string underlined.