The {{IMSMANG}} version 6.0 database is pre-populated with saved searches developed by GICHD that may be customised to meet the specific needs of the mine action programme.
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| align="center" colspan="4" | '''Options for Using Searches'''
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| width="245pt" | '''Option'''
| width="155pt" | '''Use or purpose'''
| width="245pt" | '''Example criteria'''
| width="155pt" | '''Example parameters'''
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| align="left" | '''Navigation and map display''' || align="left" | Search for items by a specific ID
| align="left" | Find all lands with a local ID that includes = “MF-001”
| align="left" | Set the local ID as a parameter to be supplied when the search is run
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| align="left" rowspan="2" | These searches are typically designed to find a single record or a set of records. These searches are generally simpler than the other kinds of searches and are designed to return records that users can browse through to find the necessary data. || align="left" | Search for items by type
| align="left" | Find all lands with a mine action are type = “Minefield”
| align="left" | Mine Action Area Type
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| align="left" | Search for items by date
| align="left" | Find all activities between January 1 and February 1
| align="left" | The date range
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| align="left" rowspan="4" | '''Reporting and data quality analysis'''
Reporting searches are typically more complicated than navigation searches since they are intended to return a set of records to populate a report directly without any additional user interaction. These searches can also be saved and run independently of reports and used for browsing data. Data quality analysis searches help identify possible data problems and ensure that programme-specific workflow steps are being followed. These searches can be used to help protect data integrity.
