10.6.4. Expanding a Search to Other Repositories

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### 10.6.4. Expanding a Search to Other Repositories

After you have performed a search, you can perform the same search on a different repository directly from the current search results view. You can search a different workspace on the current EKM server or on another EKM server.

To expand the current search:

1. Click the expand search button on the toolbar. The Expand Search dialog box opens.

   Figure 10.15: Expand a Search to Other Repositories

   If you have not yet defined connections to other repositories, click the Connections link to create a new connection. For details see Defining Connections to Other Repositories. Once you have created a connection, you will be automatically returned to the Expand Search dialog box.

2. Deselect any repositories that you do not want to include in the search.

3. Click OK to perform the search. EKM will search in the selected repositories, and show the search results in different EKM windows, one window for each repository.

In the search results window of the Server where the initial query was created, you can edit the search query, resubmit it to get results for the modified search, then reopen the Expand Search dialog (where all the details are prefilled) and perform the modified search on other repositories.

Note:

- If a connection to a repository is currently open in Workbench, and you attempt to search that repository in EKM, you will see the sign-in page for that repository instead of search results. Once you enter your credentials, the search results will be displayed.

- If the target repository does not have sufficient licenses available, EKM will fail to use the connection's saved credentials and prompt you to enter them before notifying you that a license is unavailable, or that license fallback has occurred.

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