Faceted Search Results

When enabled, faceted search results allow you to narrow your results based on the attributes available in the current result set.

• Your search does not include criteria specified under the Related Object Search field.

If you have Windchill PartsLink installed, facets can appear when performing a classification search regardless of whether you include a keyword or whether Windchill Index Search is also enabled. For more information on how classification searches can be performed, see Searching for Classified Parts.

Select the checkboxes next to attributes you want to include in your search. Your selections appear above the Search Results table in the Filter field:

When you select an attribute filter, the Search Results table refreshes to reflect the filter you applied. Similarly, the available facets are updated to reflect only those that are applicable to objects currently displayed in the Search Results table.

Different attribute types have different options. For example, date attributes allow you to select dates from a calendar. For numeric values, you can use a slider to narrow your results:

When selecting number values, a range is applied that, when rounded, is equal to the value you supplied. For example, selecting a numeric range of 6 to 27 would return values from 5.5 to 27.5.

By default, if there are more than five possible options under a facet, the Show All link appears. Click this link to open a new window that displays all possible values:

An administrator can use the com.ptc.windchill.search.facet.enum.maxItemsToDisplay property to change the threshold applied before the Show All link appears.

• From the Filter list above the Search Results table, click the remove icon

next to an attribute.

• Click the remove filter icon

to remove all selections within an attribute group.

• From the Filter list above the Search Results table, click Clear All to remove all filters.

Filter options reflect the attributes currently represented in the Search Results table.

• Attributes only appear in the Refine Results pane if your search results include multiple values for the related search criteria. For example, if your search returns objects that were all modified on the same day, then the Last Modified facet does not appear.

• Filters do not reflect the range of all possible values. Instead, the values that appear are values that exist for objects in the current search result list. For example, when you are specifying dates, you can click the calendar icon to view a list of applicable dates. The following search includes objects that were last modified on May 18, 19, and 20. As a result, only those dates are selectable:

• String values only appear if they are constrained by a legal value list. For example, Description is not an eligible facet attribute. However, Assembly Mode is eligible because there are a limited number of possible values to select:

For more information about the attributes that appear and administrative options for controlling facet visibility, see Configure Search Result Facets.

You search against a single object type.	The Type facet group does not appear.
You search against a single object type, and the results include one or more subtypes.	The Type facet group renders as a hierarchy that lists all eligible subtypes.
Your search includes multiple object types.	The selected types appear as facets. Types that are not represented in the search results appear, but are disabled and cannot be selected.

If your search results include objects located in multiple contexts, the Context facet group appears.

The context types that appear depend on the options you select under Context on the Advanced Search page:

◦ If you perform a global search, or select All Contexts as part of an advanced search, then all eligible contexts appear as facet options:

◦ If you select All Products, All Libraries, or All Projects, then the Context facet group only includes options matching the selected context type.

For example, the following search is first performed against All Contexts, and then again against All Projects:

If you have Windchill Supplier Management installed, the Sourcing Status facet appears when the following conditions are met:

• Your results include objects from multiple sourcing contexts.

• You make a selection under Sourcing Status on the Advanced Search page.