Finding Objects 


Selecting a Context

Being able to find an asset quickly and easily is the foundation for enhanced productivity.  You will remember from Part 1 that ‘context’ facilitates our navigation paradigm.   Here’s a quick refresher, these are:

  1. Company Context
  2. Module Context
  3. Asset Context

Each of these contexts relies on the one proceeding, with Company being the starting point.  So therefore, if you need to work on Truck Asset A1 in Company A then the context you would need is: 

  1. Company Context – Company A
  2. Module Context - Asset
  3. Asset Context – Asset A1


Image: Context Example

Context example


Filters

Once you have selected a context, you can further refine what data is displayed by using filters.  Filters themselves are based on what “Module context” you are in.  Therefore the filter list that’s displayed varies; here is an example of the Assets filter.


Image: Filter ListFilter List


Filters can work either individually or in groups.  It allows the user to build an object listing based on a specific criteria.  Therefore, if a user would like to see all vehicles only, then they would select the ‘Vehicle filter’.  When in the Assets module there is a secondary filter based on dispositions.  This takes the filter one step further by allowing the user to display a subset of a particular asset filter. 


For example: 

You may want to display all the spare assemblies only.  Therefore, you would select the assembly filter, and the ‘Spare’ disposition filter.

Dispostion Filter


  Tip 
If you select the ‘Vehicle’ and ‘Spares’ disposition filter, all vehicles that have positions that are not populated with an assembly will be displayed.


Search

Search as you would expect searches for anything you enter, whether it is a full or partial search.  The difference between a full and partial search is that a full search may be “Freddy” while a partial search may be “fre”.  Search operates on header text.  So in the context of a user name the header text is the users full name. 


The Following images show the difference between using a filter only, and a filter combined with a search term.


Image: Search with "Filter Only

Filter OnlyImage: Search with filtered search term


Filtered search


You can see that when combined with a filter search is an extremely powerful tool.