ADVANCED
SEARCHING
Advanced Searching allows the user to search for multiple Characters, Groups, Locations, Items,
or specific Creative Teams. This is particularly useful if you
want to know, as shown in the example below, where Iron Man, Captain America
and Thor appeared together. These are very powerful search
features. Advanced Searching can be invoked from the Navigator's
Filters Menu: Or from the Characters or Locations form Multi-Search button, or from the Search
Menu: Or from the Search Menu on the Issues form: The Multiple Search form selection defaults to whichever form it was opened from (Characters, Locations, or
Creative Teams). You can switch Options whenever you like by toggling
the radio buttons. Select Characters or Groups to create search criteria
and click : After completing your selections, click to query the database. Using
the above scenario, the query will find all indexed stories that have Iron Man,
Captain America, and Thor together. By default, results are . Select
for a more chronological report.
Open stories by double-clicking on the chosen item, or by selecting an
item and clicking Click on to open an Image Gallery of all cover images from the
list. NOTE: This can take some time with large
lists.
To create a text file
report of your search results, click on the down arrow on the Create Report
File bar:
Give your report a unique file name:
Click on to generate the Report file.
Reports will be saved into the Comic Book Index Reports folder in your Documents library.
The same rules apply to using Advanced Searching for Locations and Creative Teams. For example, if you wanted to know all stories where Chris Claremont and John Byrne were part of the Creative Team:
Next, we'll add longtime collaborator Terry Austin to the list and refresh: