Searching the repository with Authoring Bridge

You can search for across the entire repository to locate objects of various types as well as Publications.

About this task

This topic describes steps to search the Content Manager repository using the Authoring Bridge extension to you XML authoring tool. The search mechanism searches both object-level metadata and full-text.

Note that you can also use the tool's own search feature to search within any open XML document. Consult the tool's own documentation to learn more.

Procedure

  1. In your XML authoring tool, select Tridion Docs > Browse Repository.
  2. In the Browse Repository dialog that opens, select the Search tab.
  3. Under Find what, enter your search query.
    You can specify the search criteria by typing one or more search terms (including phrases) that describe the information you want to find. You can use Boolean operators, quotes and wildcard characters. For more information,
  4. Under Look in, select Entire Repository.
    • To search for objects (topics, maps, and so on, but not Publications), select Entire Repository. This option is selected by default. If you wish, you can specify a specific type of object under Object types.
    • To search for Publications, select Entire Repository for publications.
  5. By default, you only search in the latest versions of the objects in the repository. To instead search in all versions, select All versions.
  6. Optional: Optionally, expand Advanced Options to access options where you can type, or use the drop-down menus, to enter the desired search criteria to limit the search to a more narrow field of search criteria.
  7. Click Search.
    A result list appears.
    • The default list is sorted by relevance.
    • You can click on a column header in the list to sort on a that column.
  8. Optional: To locate an object in its repository location, right-click the object in the results list and select Locate in the repository.
    Your Browse repository dialog switches from its Search tab to its Repository tab.
  9. Optionally, to conduct a new search, use the Reset button to clear data from all fields and specify new search criteria.