Query page serves for a retrieving information about problems. It has two parts -- the above part is for getting a particular problem, and the bottom part is for searching through the whole database.
If you know the number of the problem you want to display, write this number to the first field and press the Get button. Your problem will be displayed.
You can search the database on a number of criteria. Fill in the form and press Submit.
Some general rules:
.
matches any character except of newline. To match
any character including newline, use (.|^M)
.*
matches any number (even zero) occurrence of the
previous character or group.?
matches zero or one occurrence of the previous
character or group.+
matches one or more occurrence of the previous
character or group.[
]
matches any character between
brackets.(
)
define group, they are useful with
combination with other operators, e.g. the following one.|
defines alternative -- matches both left and right
side of the |
.\
is an escaping character -- it disables special
meaning of the following character.tom
matches tom
, Tom
Smith
, bottom
.joe.*smith
matches Joe Smith
, Joe
A. Smith, jr.
, JoeSmith
.(joe|th?om).*smith
matches Joe Smith
,
Tom Smith
, Thomas. W. Smith
.For explanation of semantic meaning of all the fields, see the submitting and editing manuals. You can also click on header links to get the help quickly.
This item defines, how the output should be sort. Default is sorting according to problem number. You can change this to sorting with respect to the responsible person (alphabetically), category (alphabetically), state (from open to suspended), severity (from critical to non-critical, then according to priority), and priority (from high to low, then according to severity).
Select categories to look for.
Fill in regular expression to match the release.
Fill in regular expression to match the name of the responsible person (not her identification or e-mail).
Select if you want only (non-)confidential problems.
Select classes to look for.
Select severities to look for.
Select priorities to look for.
Select states to look for. See also Not Closed below.
If you want to look for non-closed problems only, check this field. If not checked, this field plays no role.
Fill in regular expression to match the originator.
Fill in regular expression to match the subject.
Fill in regular expression to match all the single line fields, i.e.: submitter ID, originator, subject, category, release, responsible, arrival date, last modified, closed date.
Fill in regular expression to match all the multi line fields, i.e.: organization, environment, description, how to repeat, fix, audit trail, unformatted, release note.
Search for problem reports arrived in the specified date range.
Dates can be of several formats, such as 12-Oct-1997
,
10/12/97
, 19971012
, yesterday
,
10 days ago
, etc.
Search for problem reports last modified in the specified date range.
Dates can be of several formats, such as 12-Oct-1997
,
10/12/97
, 19971012
, yesterday
,
10 days ago
, etc.
Search for problem reports closed in the specified date range.
Dates can be of several formats, such as 12-Oct-1997
,
10/12/97
, 19971012
, yesterday
,
10 days ago
, etc.
In the list of found problems, you can see short information about each problem report. By clicking on the problem number, you can view complete information about the problem report. By clicking on the E symbol, you can edit the problem.