Specifies criteria used to find documents. You can search any folder, network drive, or managed library. You can search for documents using defined properties or a number of criteria, including mathematical operators and standard Boolean expressions. For a list of valid expressions, see Search criteria list.

After you define the search criteria and perform the search, the results of the search are displayed in the Look In list in the Open dialog box.

When you search for managed documents, the search command is governed by the Teamcenter preference, SEEC_Search_Limit. To aid performance, the preference sets a limit for the number of items returned during a search. If the number of items returned by the search exceeds the number defined as the search limit, you have the option to modify the search criteria, view only the number of items defined as the limit, show all search results, cancel the query in progress, or cancel the search.