Search Panel

Owned by Lucy Minato (Unlicensed)
Last updated: 03 Apr, 2023 by Allison Robertson
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Description of the tool

This menu allows you to perform a search on the Active Layer (the selectable layer) using defined search fields. The features that meet your specified criteria will be highlighted on the Map Window. This panel may be on the left or right of the Map Window.

How to use the tool



Prerequisite: 

Set the Active Layer to the layer that you would like to search; This is done by selecting the subject layer in the Active Layer drop down box.

TIP:

Alternatively, the Active Layer may be set by right clicking on the  layer in the Map Layers / Table of Contents panel, and choosing the Set Active option.

Steps:

  1. The Search Panel needs to be the open panel. If it is not then click on the + in the Search tab so that this panel is open. 





  2. If a search has been predefined for the Active Layer then the fields that can be searched on will be displayed in this panel. Not all layers may be searched. If there are no searches provided, the message "No Searches Available" will appear.


  3. If searches have been defined, the fields that you can specify a value for will be shown. 
     

  4. Type in a value that you are searching for in the text boxes, or choose a value from available drop-down lists. 

     




  5. Once you have filled in values in the Search Panel, the buttons long the bottom of the panel are used. The buttons perform these functions:

    • New - This will create a new selection, and will replace any previous selections you had for the Active Layer. 

    • Add - This will add the selected features to the existing selection set.

    • Remove - The features that result from the Search operation will be removed from the selection set for the Active Layer. 

    • Refine - All but the selected features will be removed from the selection set.
       

  6. After running a Search operation, the selected features are highlighted in the map in bright blue and the records appear in the Data Grid.
     

  7. The search can be an attribute search (i.e. searching for a specific value for a field), e.g. the example below shows a Search that will find all the Planning Applications that have had a decision of "Application Lapsed". 




    The search can also have a spatial component. In this case the location of features are used to find the results.