Finding Items in the WatchIT! Database

NOTE: This information only applies to WatchIT 1.0 users

Question
Can I find a specific item in the WatchIT! Database?

Answer
When you open the WatchIT! database you are greeted with the Main Report window (see below). From here you can create a report based on ALL the records currently in the database.
It is possible to create restricted reports, this is achieved by restricting the records using the Find command, and then performing a report.

Performing a Find
To perform a find click the Find button on the Main Report window. This will display the Find window

The Find window allows you to enter specific information to perform a search on. The criteria you can search for items by are:

• Machine Name
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries that were created on a specific machine, for example, you may wish to find all entries for a machine called 'Gair's Quadra 950'

• User Name
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries that were created by a specific user, for example, you may wish to find all entries for a user called "Gair Heaton"

• Application Name
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries that were created with a specific application, for example, you may wish to find all the entries that were created in PageMaker

• Window Name
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries with a specific window name, for example, you may wish to find all the entries for windows called "WatchIT! Document"

• Job
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries that were assigned to a specific job, for example, you may wish to find all entries for a job called "CBS/156"

• Task
  This allows you to perform a search for any entires that were assigned to a specific task, for example, you may wish to find all entried for a task called "Design"

• Start Time
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries that were started at, or lie within, a specific time period, for example, you may wish to find all entries between 1:00pm and 2:00pm

• Date
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries on a specific date, for example, you may wish to search for all entries on the 6th February 1996.

• Length of time
  This allows you to perform a search for any entries that are of a specific length of time, for example, you may wish to find all entries that are over an hour long.

To start the search either click Find, or press the return key. If there are no records that match your find criteria an error dialog will appear.

You should click Modify Find, to go back and modify your find criteria, or you can click Continue which will return you to the Main Report window.
If you click Cancel you will be returned to the Find window. If you entered valid find criteria a dialog will be displayed stating that items that match the criteria entered in the find window have been found.

You should click OK, or press the return key. You will then be returned to the Main Report window, from where you can create a report from the restricted set of records that were found.

If you wish to create a report based on all the records in the database then click Find All, this will 'forget' the restricted set of records, you should then select the type of report that you wish to create.