SEARCH SETUP

Search Setup allows the user to create searches and customize them to their specifications.

Prior to making any changes to your searches, you will need to have looked up the field names in our data
dictionaries for the file you want to find.

To do this you will want to go to APEX HELP, select the INDEX tab and type in DATA DEFINITIONS in the
search box. Click on DATA DEFINITIONS in the list below the search box.

Find the name of the field that you want to add to your search i.e. CarrierID and VehicleID. These will be the names
of the fields that you will need to add to the SQL statement in the search setup screen.
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After you have found your file names go to SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR – SYSTEM SETUP – DESIGNERS -
SEARCH SETUP.

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Once in the SEARCH SETUP window you will need to select the search that you want to edit. In this example we
are using the TICKET_SCALE file (searching for a ticket on the Scale Ticket screen).

Add your file names to the SQL STATEMENT at the bottom of the screen.

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Once you have added the Field names into the SQL statement you will now need to add the COLUMN TITLE and
COLUMN WIDTH and NUMBER OF DISPLAY COLUMNS.
NOTE: the column width is determined by now many dots per inch the character takes up on the screen,
not 1 character = one space. For example: a “W” will take up more room than an “I” because it is wider on
the top. Use the other fields as guidelines and then adjust as necessary.

In our example below we were adding the Carrier and Vehicle ID. Since these are the same width as the
ticket number we used 75 for the column width.

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Make sure that your NUMBER OF DIPLAY COLUMNS matches the amount of coulmns you have listed.

One you have made all your changes to the Search Setup screen save it by pressing F2 or clicking on the check mark
in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

You will then need to go to the Apex file directory and edit SYFIND.INI.

In SYFIND.INI you will need to add ‘OVERRIDE’ so the system knows to look at the file you created and not the
system default file. There is an example below of how to enter in the information if you are using the SAME name
of the file or if you are using. If there is already a line of information there add your line below that.

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Save this by selecting FILE and then select SAVE. Close the Syfind.ini.

Close your ticketing window if you had it open and then open it up again.
Select F3 or click on the arrow to search for the tickets on your screen.

Your search bar should now reflect the changes that you made. In our example we added the Carrier and the Vehicle
fields.

If these are not showing you will need to go back to the SEARCH SETUP and check the items below

• Is the field name you added spelled correctly and are you using the same case as specified in the data definition?
• Is the width of the field correct?
• Is the SYFIND.INI file specifying the correct file for the system to look at?

If you create a search that has an associated file, i.e. customer, hauler, carrier, those searches will also be available in
the corresponding files.