Searching Contract Documents Across Multiple Objects
You can perform a multi-object contract search by defining the search criteria using the multiple objects field.
- Click the App Launcher icon (
) and select Contract Apps.
- Click the Search tab on the left panel of the contracts page.
- To apply filters to your search results, click the Advanced Search icon (
).
This raises the Advanced Filter window. - Select an object from the Primary Object drop-down list. The
available options are:
- Contract
- Contract Document
- Contract Clause
- Account
- Contract Insight
- Select one of the following options from the
Take action when drop-down list.
- All conditions are met
- Any condition is met
- Provide expressionNote:
To add logic to the Provide expression option, you can use the following in the Custom logic field.
- Numbers to refer to each condition
- AND or OR to identify which combination of conditions must be true
- Parentheses to group parts of the string
together
Sample expression: ((1 AND 2) OR 3)
- Click Add Criteria to add a criterion.
- Field:Select a field from the drop-down list to be used in the filter criteria. The fields displayed are according to the primary object selected.
- Operator: Select an operator from the drop-down list. The operator defines the relationship between the field and the value. The list of available operators varies depending on the data type of the chosen field.
- Value: Enter the value of the field. The type of value field depends on the field selected.
- To add another filter, click Add Criteria and repeat step # 6.
- Click Add related objects to add a related contract object.
- Select a related contract object from the Select a related object drop-down list.
- Select one of the following options from the Take action when drop-down
list.
- All conditions are met
- Any condition is met
- Provide expressionNote:
To add logic to the Provide expression option, you can use the following in the Custom logic field.
- Numbers to refer to each condition
- AND or OR to identify which combination of conditions must be true
- Parentheses to group parts of the string together
Sample expression:
((1 AND 2) OR 3)
- Click Add Criteria to add a criterion.
- Field: Select a field from the drop-down list to be used in the filter criteria. The fields displayed are according to the related object selected.
- Operator: Select an operator from the drop-down list. The operator defines the relationship between the field and the value. The list of available operators varies depending on the data type of the chosen field.
- Value: Enter the value of the field. The type of value field depends on the field selected.
- Click Add Criteria to add a criterion or click Add related objects to add a related contract object.
- Click Apply. The search results are displayed according to
the primary object specified in the search criteria.
- When the search results are displayed based on Contract as the primary object,
clicking the contract name link opens the Contract Details page.
- When the search results are displayed based on Contract Clause as the primary
object, clicking the contract name link opens the Contract Details page.
- When the search results are displayed based on Account as the primary object,
clicking the account name link opens the Account Details page.
- When the search results are displayed based on Contract as the primary object,
clicking the contract name link opens the Contract Details page.
