Search from the Home tab

This page is accessed by clicking the icon in the top menu bar when working under the Home tab. On this page it is possible to search for various information types unrelated to any specific vehicle profile.

There are four main parts of the Search page:

Fig. 252: Search page under the Home tab

A detailed description of each part is available below.

1. Vehicle Profile

When you are using the search functionality from the Home tab, the vehicle profile option is always turned off. To perform a search delimited to a specific vehicle, specify the vehicle profile and use the search functionality from that vehicle's tab.

2. Search for

From the drop-down menu, you can choose how the search is to be performed. Please note that these search options are not available when searching for a VCC ID.

Menu option	Explanation
Any of the words	The search result returns all documents where at least one of the entered words appears.
All of the words	The search result returns all documents where all the entered words appear. Please note that the words does not necessarily need to appear ordered like entered in the search string but can by anywhere in the search result document.

The search string is entered in the text box or boxes and you start to search by clicking the Search button. The search operation can be cancelled anytime by clicking the X in the search progress box. Words that are shorter than three characters are excluded from the search. This is to increase the performance of the search engine. However, asterisks and wildcard characters can be used if you need to search for short or partly unknown words. See the how-to article Searching from the Home tab for further information and instructions.

Note

When searching for parts, an optional search box is available in which it is possible to enter extra key words for search in part notes.

3. Type

You can select one of the following information types to search for by using the radio buttons:

Information type	Comment
Parts	Search parts by using parts number, part description and/or part notes in the parts catalogue. It is also possible to search for part notes independently, without entering part number or description.
Repair	Search for repair information.
Product Specifications	Search for product specifications.
Fault Tracing	Search for diagnostic fault tracing procedures.
Bulletins	Search for bulletins.
All information except parts catalog	Search for all information excluding the parts catalog.
VCC ID	Select this information type to search for documents using VCC ID. Wildcard search is not supported and you must enter the complete VCC ID with two hyphens, e.g. VCC-123456-1. Only viewable for internal users.

4. Search results

After a search has been performed, all search results (at most 200) are presented in a list. Once clicking a document title in the rightmost column, a pop-up window containing vehicle profiles is shown. This is because when you perform a search from the Home tab, no vehicle profile is set and VIDA needs to know what information you are looking for. When a vehicle profile is selected, a new Vehicle tab is opened, viewing the relevant information.

When searching for parts, a function to add selected search result item(s) to a new or existing parts list is available below the list.

Note

It is not possible to add parts to a work list from the Home tab. This is only possible when you have set a vehicle profile and the search is performed from that vehicle's tab.

When viewing certain documents (parts information, service/installation instructions, fault tracing documents and bulletins), the words used as search arguments are marked in bold red within the document. The document is scrolled down to the first search result by default. If there is more than one search result in a document they are all marked, except the first which is marked bold white on a grey background. By pressing [Enter] , VIDA toggles between the search results. If a search is performed on part of a word, all words containing that part are marked, e.g. sea* highlights both seat and seal.

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