Searches
FactoryTalk AssetCentre Searches allow you to search for and show specified records from
one FactoryTalk AssetCentre database source (specifically the Event Log, Audit Log,
Diagnostics and Health Log, the Archive History Log, the Archive Check In and Check Out
Status, and the Asset Extended Property) at a time. For example, you could search for events
where a specific user performed a task on a specific computer.
You can perform searches in two different manners:
- Scheduled searchesare used to execute a search on a recurring basis. This kind of search works well for detecting specific conditions and user behaviors in log data. For instance, you can create a scheduled search to detect unsafe programming practices among your maintenance staff by searching the Audit Log for empty branches or forces made at the end of each shift. You can run scheduled searches manually to show search results immediately.
- Unscheduled searchesare used for one-time purposes or when there is an immediate need, such as searching the Audit Log to determine if anyone has made a change in a control system that was working fine a few hours ago, but now is down and preventing production.
Unlike Quick Searches, FactoryTalk AssetCentre Searches allow you to query logs using complex conditions and determine the format of the search results. However, you cannot access attachments through search results. To open record attachments from within search results, use Quick Searches.
Search results can be printed and saved in Adobe Acrobat .PDF or CSV format. Scheduled search results can be delivered via email.
Search definitions are individually secured using FactoryTalk security. To determine who
can set security for a given search and who can execute, modify, and run the search, set search security.
A scheduled search can run on an agent computer. The agent computer is different from your FactoryTalk AssetCentre client computer. You can set the time zone for a computer that is to run a selected scheduled search, or set the default time zone for a computer that is to run schedule searches.
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