The advanced search functionality allows to add different items and criteria during search.
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<li>Specify which item you would like to use as your main search target by selecting in the drop-down list.</li>
<li>Specify if all criteria should occur (AND) or one or more of the criteria are true (OR) (more details can be found [[And Versus Or |here]]). This selection can be changed later.</li>
[[Image:fig73.png|center|500px|''Criterion Components'']]</li>
<li>Select that attribute that you would like use in the drop-down list. The drop-down list consists of two parts:
:* the attributes of the search target included CDFs and [[Search by Subobject | subobjects]] in alphabetic order:* other search targets and the SQL criteria.
[[Image:Adv search dropdown.png|center|600px|]]</li>
<li>Select the operator that you would like to apply to the attribute from the list. The available operators are determined by the data type of the selected attribute.</li>
<li>Do one of the following to specify the value(s) that the attribute must meet:</li>*Choose operator and specify value(s). More details on different operators and values [[Filter Lists | here]].*Choose operator, specify value(s) and check the '''Prompt''' checkbox.*Choose operator and check the '''Prompt''' checkbox.
{{note| ''Prompt'' means that the users may specify the value(s)when Search is run/executed. The prompt function provides flexibility when running [[Access the Saved Searches Window | Saved Searches]].}}</li>
<li>Repeat steps 3–7 for each criterion you would like to add to the search definition.</li>
<li>When all criteria have been added, click on '''Run''' to start the search.</li></ol>
To move a search criterion row or criteria group, select the criterion or group and click [[Image:UpBlueArrow.png]] to move it up or [[Image:DownBlueArrow.png]] to move it down.