Searching for users happens on the search bar, which is brought up by click the  on the ACS bar.

There are two ways to perform a user search:

  1. Specify the search parameters:

    1. In the Search for field, enter the word or value to be searched for (1).

      The search is not case sensitive.
    2. From the Search in dropdown list, select the type of departments that will be searched ( 2).
    3. From the Field dropdown list, select the field that will be searched (3).

    4. Select the search type from the Match dropdown list (4).

      Search type

      Description

      Whole field

      A search that will find users for which the search field entirely matches the value entered in the Find what field.

      Field beginning

      A search that will find users for which the start of the search field matches the value entered in the Find what field.

      Any field part

      A search that will find users for which the search field contains the value entered in the Find what field.

    5. In the Maximum size field, enter the maximum number of results to be displayed (5).
    6. Check the Extra fields box if the search parameters should include other values and fields (6).
    7. Click Add to add a field (7).
    8.  From the dropdown list, select the field that will be searched (8).
    9. Enter the value that should be contained in the selected additional field (9).

    10. In the Or columns, enter other values that the selected additional field may contain (10).
      This completes the process of specifying the search parameters.

      An example of a search with additional parameters is given below.
      The following parameters have been specified for the search:
      a substring search to find the value Ivanov in the Surname field in Employee-type departments. The additional field Card and values 4154 and 4122 have been specified.
      Search results:
      the search returns users from Employee-type departments who have a surname that contains Ivanov and whose Card field is equal to 4154 or 4122.
  2. Start the search by clicking Find (1).

 

To stop a search, click the Stop button (2). To specify new search parameters, click the New button (3).

After the search has finished, users that match the specified search criteria will be displayed in the information pane. The number of matching users will be indicated in the lower left corner of the pane.

This completes the process of searching for users.