Add Advanced Search options for CCMS Desktop

The CCMS provides many options for Advanced Search, but you can add others if you need to perform searches on additional elements, dates, attributes, or indexes.

Before you begin

Determine whether the index you want to use for the search already exists in Index Definitions. See Confirm an index definition already exists. If not, create it. See Edit an existing index definition or add a new one.

About this task

Important: Make configuration changes in a test environment and confirm they work before copying them to a production environment.

Procedure

In the TEXTML Administration perspective, connect to your server.
Check out and open the /system/conf/advancedSearchIndexes.xml file.
Find the section of the file that applies to the new option you want to add.
Copy and paste an existing option that is similar to the option you want to add.
Edit the copy to reflect the properties of your new option.
For example, if you have a specialized profiling attribute @module, add the option like this:
```
<attribute display="module" name="module" views="ALL"/>
```
This new option requires you to also add a new index for @module to Index Definitions.

If you want to search on <required-cleanup> elements, add the option like this:
```
<element display="required-cleanup" name="required-cleanup" views="ALL"/>
```
This new option requires you to also add a new unit for <required-cleanup> to Index Definitions.

For more details about Advanced Search options, see Understanding Advanced Search options.
Optional: If you want to display the results of a search using the new option in a view column, add the new option to the display.xml file.

See Create a new display column for CCMS Desktop for details.
Save, close, and check in the file.
Inform users of the changes.
The changes are automatically applied once users close and then reopen their IXIA CCMS Desktop. Users can also apply the changes without restarting their CCMS Desktop by clicking IXIA CCMS > Synchronize Configuration.