Search Query Builder

Using the editing area

The editing area contains the text used as the search filter. You can either type the search filter directly in the editing area, or you can use the other tools that Search Query Builder provides.

Referencing process data

You can make references to process data in search filters using XPath expressions. In the search filter, XPath expressions must appear inside braces and between dollar signs, as in {$expression$} . The following search filter includes the XPath expression /process_data/@stringvar:

(uid={$/process_data/@stringvar$})

Specifying attribute conditions

Use the tools along the top of the Search Query Builder dialog box for creating and adding basic search filter expressions that specify attribute conditions, for example (mail=jdoe@adobe.com) . The tools enable you to select the attribute upon which you want to apply a condition. You can also specify the arithmetic operator that relates the attribute to a value. You can open XPath Builder to retrieve a value that is stored as process data.

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A.

Use to select the attribute upon which you want to apply a condition.

B.

Use to select the arithmetic operator to use in the expression.

C.

Displays the data location from the process data model.

D.

Use to select a location from the process data model.

E.

Inserts the filter expression into the editing area.

F.

Clears the text from the editing area.

After you select the attribute name and operator from the list, you can specify the value to compare to the attribute using one of the following methods:

• Use XPath Builder to specify a location in the process data model where the value is stored, and then press Insert.

• Press Insert to add the attribute name and operator to the editing area, and type the value directly into the editing area.

  The following text is inserted when the uid attribute, the = operator, and the XPath expression that resolves to a process variable named stringvar is selected:

  uid={$/process_data/@stringvar$}

  Note: To make the above expression a valid search filter, enclose it in parentheses.

Inserting syntactical elements

Use the tools along the right side of the Search Query Builder dialog box for inserting syntactical elements into the search filter.

The button label denotes the text that the button inserts. For example, the OR button inserts OR . The text is inserted at the location of the cursor in the editing area.