Searching the Gantt Chart

This task describes how to use the search mechanism within any of the Gantt charts available on V5. This task addresses the following scenarios:

Run Quick and Advanced Search
 

  1. Right-click on a node within the Gantt chart and select Search in Gantt Viewer.
    The Search in Gantt: Quick Search dialog box appears.

  2. Click Show Results and enter text (e.g., Activity).
    The Search in Gantt dialog box appears.
    As you enter text, the maximum number of results appear and become more refined as you enter more text.  For example, if you type activity, as you type the initial a, you see all words with the letter a in them; as you enter more letters, the search is refined accordingly.  The case is irrelevant.
    • When Enable Auto Scroll is selected (it is by default), if a leaf was not visible because the view of the Gantt chart was not expanded, the chart expands to show leaves that appear in the search.
    • When Keep Highlighted is selected, items that are highlighted in the Gantt because they were selected in the Search Results stay highlighted when the Search in Gantt dialog box is closed or when you click the Hide Results button.

  3. Select one or more items in the Results list; the items are highlighted in the Gantt.

  4. Click Advanced.
    The Search in Gantt: Advanced dialog box appears.

  5. From the Attribute Type list, select an attribute.
    The attributes listed are those in the Gantt chart (e.g., SCT Duration).

  6. From Relation, select a relation between the attribute and the value.
    The available relations for numeric attributes are:
    • equals
    • does not equal
    • is less than
    • is less than or equal to
    • is greater than
    • is greater than or equal to
    The available relations for text (i.e., string) attributes are:
    • equals
    • does not equal
    • contains
    • matches exactly
    • contains exactly

  7. Enter a value in the Value box.

  8. Click the Submit Query button.
    The query appears in the Composed Query box.

  9. Is this the only search query you want to make?

    • If NO, then go to next step.
    • If YES, then go to click Search.

  10. Select a Combined Condition.

    The available conditions are:
    • AND
    • OR

  11. Create another query using the Define Query box and select another combination.

  12. Right-click on one of the queries in the Composed Query box and select Edit.
    The query appears in the the Define Query box.

  13. Modify the query and click the Submit Query button.
    The modified query replaces the original in the Composed Query box. Any other queries and combined conditions in the box remain unchanged.

    You can also change the combined condition by right-clicking on one (e.g., AND) in the Composed Query box and selecting the other condition (e.g., OR).

  14. Click Search.
    The search results appear.

  15. Click Close.
 

Save and Re-use a Query 

 

  1. Right-click on a node within the Gantt chart, select Search in Gantt Viewer, and click Advanced.

  2. In the Define Query area, create a query, and click Submit Query.

  3. Click .

    The Save Query dialog box appears.

  4. Enter a name (e.g., SCT_Less_Than_50) and click OK.

    This query is saved as part of the .CATProcess file and can be used in any subsequent search of the Gantt chart. To remove the query from the .CATProcess file, click .

  5. Click Reset Query to clear the Composed Query box.

  6. Create a combined query.

  7. Right-click on one of the sub-queries in the Composed Query box and select Remove.

  8. From the Select Query box, select the query you created.
    The selected query replaces the deleted sub-query.

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