KB User's Guide - News Tab - Searching for News Items

This document explains how to search within KB Admin Tools for posted News items.

To search for a News item, go to the News tab in KB Admin Tools and enter your criteria in the filters provided at the top of each queue; ID or comma delimited IDs, Search term, Status, Site, Group, Owner, Sort and Limit.

Search filter elements

You can search for News items by any or all of the following fields:

ID or comma delimited IDs

Enter the News document ID in this field. If you have more than one ID, please delimit by comma.

Search term

Enter words from the title, summary or body of the News item you are seeking.

Status

Select from the following status; Published, Draft, Publish/Draft, Archive, Trash and All status to find what you are seeking.

Site

Search by Site. This field defaults to Internal and External. Or select: Internal, External, Internal only, External only from the drop-down menu.

Group

Search by Group. This field defaults to All Groups. Or select: This group or Other groups from the drop-down

Owner

Allows you to search news items owned by a specific user. This field defaults to your name.

Sort

Allows you to sort of results by various criteria. This field defaults to Updated Descending. The other selections in the drop down are; Updated Ascending, Title A-Z, Title Z-A, ID Descending, ID Ascending, Created Descending, Created Ascending, Expiration Descending, Expiration Ascending, Group A-Z, Group Z-A, Owner A-Z and Owner Z-A

Limit

The search results limit defaults to 20 and maxes out at 2000.