Search lines are the lines you use to find the right files and criteria within the Carerix database. By combining your search lines you create powerful search strings. This article deals with how those combinations of search lines actually work and which criteria can be used to search through the system.

When searching, Carerix adheres to the following rules: 

Every search line consists of the following objects:

The chosen value field decides the available buttons, these are one or more of the following:

The chosen field also decides the type of search line, one of the following:

Examples of text search lines are: Name, City, Notes, etc. These are fields where the users types the information in by themselves.

Examples of search fields that come in a dropdown menu are Status, Category, Procedure, etc. These are fields where the user chooses values from a list. In search lines that use the dropdown option, an icon of a magnifying glass appears. Click the icon and make your choice from the dropdown menu that appears. This choice is now automatically filled in in the search lines. 

It is also possible to manually type a value in the search line, although it's recommended to then choose "contains" as operator instead of "is equal to", because then you can choose to fill in part of the value instead of having to type out the whole value exactly. 

Examples of date fields in Carerix are: Birth date, Last contact, etc. These are fields where the user fills in a date. In searchlines for dates an icon is available to call up a calendar, in which the desired date can be selected. The selected date is then filled into the search line. Please note that you set the right operator; "is on or after". "is before", "is on"... 

This is a special field because the value that is going to be used for the search, is decided by a form with tick boxes. This form is called up with a button next to the search line. This button will appear as an option for selection in the following fields: "Skills.Skill" and "Language.Skill". When choosing this option, a form with tick boxes appears that give you the option to easily choose combinations of skills, sub-skills and levels.

Please note: before values have been ticked, the value field will say "Make a selection with the magnifier glass button". When the values are ticked, it will say "Selection is active". The ticked values do not show directly, but will be taken into account for the search. 

Examples of choice fields are Attachment present, End stage, etc. For a choice field the only available operators are "is Yes", and "is No".

This field does not offer the opportunity to fill in a value yourself; the system decides based on the value whether there is indeed an attachment or not.

In contrary to the main rule the search field for free text and/or CV attachments is set up as follows: 

Please note:
"sales manager" is between quotation marks to group the terms together.
If not, then the system would search in the upper example for sales AND manager AND acquisition, and in the lower example for sales OR manager OR acquisition. 

A file (Company, Candidate,..) can be related to parts like Educations, Work experience, and Matches. Searching for this can be twofold: through tick boxes (see above) or through general search lines.

When you use more than one search line, they are executed in combination with each other. So searching candidates with searchline1 Skills.Skill is equal to SAP + searchline2 Status is equal to "New" will give you results that adhere to both these rules. 

You will not find candidates without the skill SAP or without the status of New.

If there are Fields (the old Business Lines) defined in your system, then these rules also apply for the search fields of Field, Status, Owner, Owner.Office and Contacts. These can have a Status and Owner per field, which combines the search lines. 

What if the field you're searching for has not been noted in the files? e.g. what if you're searching for a certain Region that the candidate needs to live in, and the region has not been noted down in the candidate file? Then you will not find the file in question in this search.

What if there is just 1 search line for one of the relations that contain "is not equal to" or "does not contain"? Then the search result will contain certain results that don't have any relation to the search line. The system does not follow the rule; it doesn't search dossier objects with at least 1 relation object that cope with the search line. 

Are there 2 or more search lines for one of the relation objects? Then the system follows the rule and the search result will contain objects with at least 1 relation that corresponds to the search lines.

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Keywords: UD-1304