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Introduction
There are various ways to search in Sigma. This guide will help you understand how to search and when one method may be more useful than another.
The Data Selector is the tool used to search within the database. It is located on the left hand side of the screen and will default to the best option available. For example, in Estate Management Activity, the Data Selector will default to Item Finder > Site as it assumes you will want to find a Site. If this is not what you want, you change it to one of the other options available. See below for details.
The following options are available:
Tree Selector
The Tree Selector allows you to see the database structure and to understand the set up.
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- From an Activity, change the Data Selector to Multi-List Selector
- Click on Organisation to view Sites, Meters, Accounts etc,
- Double click on the Organisation name
- Double click on the Site Group
- Double click on the Site
- Double click on any of the Items to see further details such as the Account number, Meter Number, Supply Point ID etc.
Viewing the structure of Sigma
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- Double click on the folder to see more details
Multi-List Selector
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- From an Activity, change the Data Selector to Multi-List Selector
- Choose the Items you want to use, for example Site Group and Site
- This selection will show two columns - Site Group and the Site
Viewing the Sites associated with a Site Group
- Click on a Site Group
- Click on one or more Sites to report on a few sites at the same time
Customising the Multi-List Selector view
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- Click on Default views
- Click on Custom
- Click on the + to add in additional columns
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- Click on the arrow to change the column
Item Finder
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- Change the Data Selector to Item Finder and choose the Item you want to search for the first 100 Items will be shown.
- To view the complete list, click
to show the full list.
- Enter an Item name/number to search > click on the magnifying glass to see the results
- Click on the X to clear the results
- Click on the magnifying glass to see the list again.
Alternatively, enter a new search criteria.
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- Select the Item(s) you want to search for, ie Accounts
- Click
Show/Hide multi item search
- Paste the Account numbers (or Meter numbers etc) in the the search field
- Click on the magnifying glass to see all the Accounts (or Meters) you want to include
Filtering by Property Key in the Item Finder
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- Choose the Item you want to filter on
- Click on the Find and Filter option
- Click Single Property
- Choose the Property Key you want to filter to
- If the Property Key is set up as True or False, type True in the Search for Field
- Click OK to show the results that have a Property Key of HH Data
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- Choose Item Finder
- Item Type - choose the Item, ie Account
- Click on Find and Filter
- Click Referenced Item
- Choose the Commodity
- Type the Commodity, ie elec (for electricity)
The results will only be those that with the specified Commodity
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- Enter the details in the Search field (top right of Sigma)
Alternatively if you are already in an Activity:
- Change the Data Selector to Global Search
- Enter the details, such as 123456 to see what results are returned
In this example it can find the number in various areas such as Supply Point, Account etc
- Double click on section to see more details
Stored Searches
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- Open the Activity (for example Reporting)
- Click on the Data Selector dropdown and choose Stored Searches
- Select the Stored Search from the Stored Searches dropdown
The data selector will now perform the Stored Search, ie it will go through the actions created when the Stored Search was made
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Use the Expand button 
to see each step in more detail
Sigma will automatically select all the Items in the list and you can now run your selected report.
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