Searching Channels

The search tool can help you find new channels that match your interests, as well as help you sort through your current subscriptions to channels.

To perform a search:

1. Click the Search button ().

2. In the Search For... field, enter a word or words. The search tool interprets words that are entered into the Search For... field as either a collection of separate words to be searched for individually or as a single phrase. By default multiple words are interpreted as a collection of separate words.

3. In the Search In tab, select the types of objects that you want to search for. If you search across multiple lists, the results of the search are displayed together in a single list. The default Search field value changes to match the list view in the Subscription Manager when the search tool was activated.

4. In the For Attributes tab, select the properties for the search tool to examine. By default, the search tool searches in the Name field.

5. In the Advanced tab, select the matching criteria and whether the words entered in the Search For field represent a collection of individual words, or a single phrase. The default matching criterion is Contains one of the words. Additional criteria are outlined in the following table.

   If a field	Search criteria
   Contains one of the words	An item will be found if one of the words that is specified in the Search For: field is contained in at least one of the selected fields in the For Attributes tab.
   Contains the phrase	An item will be found if the entire phrase that is specified in the Search For: field is contained in at least one of the selected fields in the For Attributes tab.
   Exactly contains the phrase	An item will be found if the phrase that is specified in the Search For: field exactly matches the value in at least one of the selected fields in the For Attributes tab.

6. Click OK.

The results of a search are displayed in the List View.

Searching is case insensitive, and each search matches against all of the available channels or groups, regardless of the currently listed channels or groups.

Note: If you cannot view existing channels to which you previously subscribed using SAS Subscription Manager, Release 1.1, your existing channel and subscriber definitions are out of date. To fix this problem, the publishing framework administrator at your site must explicitly update the schema files to SAS Release 8.1.

After the search results are displayed, you can View channel details.