You can use the Advanced Find feature in NVivo to gather a list of project items based on specific criteria. For example, you can find:
Nodes that were created last week.
Cases with the attribute value male.
Memos that have a 'See Also' link to the node adventure
Documents that are coded at the node passionate.
Nodes that code the document Volunteers Group 1.
Sets that contain cases.
Audio/Video files that have a relationship with a case.
To gather project items based on specific criteria:
In the Tools menu, click Find.
Click the Advanced Find option.
The Advanced Find dialog box is displayed.
From the Look for drop-down list, select the type of project item you want to find—this selection determines the search options that are available.
On the Intermediate tab, select the required options
The options you can see in the Intermediate tab, depend on the item type you selected from the Look for drop-down list. This table describes all possible options. |
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Created
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To find items created in a specified time frame, select the time frame from the drop-down list. Then, specify which users to find in the by field:
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Modified |
To find items that have been modified in a specified time frame, select the time frame from the drop-down list. Then, specify which users to find in the by field:
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In |
To find items that are included in a set, click the checkbox and choose Any Set from the drop-down list. To find items that are included in a specific set (or sets),
The Select Sets dialog box is displayed.
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With See Also Link |
Click the checkbox to find items with a 'See Also' link from or to project items. To find items with a 'See Also' link from or to any item, select From orTo andAny Item from the drop-down lists. To find items with a 'See Also' link from or to selected items:
The Select Project Items dialog box is displayed.
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Coded at |
Click the checkbox to find items that are coded at nodes. To find items that are coded at any node, select Any Item from the drop-down list. To find items that are coded at selected nodes:
Then, specify which users to find in the by field:
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That code |
Click the checkbox to find nodes that code project items: To find nodes that code any item, select Any Item from the drop-down list. To find nodes that code selected project items:
The Select Project Items dialog box is displayed.
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With a |
Click the checkbox to find items that have a relationship with another project item. You can find items that have:
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That are |
Click the checkbox to find tree nodes or cases that have the following hierarchical structure with selected nodes:
Click the Select button to choose the required nodes. |
Cases where |
Click the checkbox to find cases where an attribute is (or is not) equal to a specified value. To find cases based on attribute values:
When working with attribute values that are text strings (gender = male, female) the 'greater' and 'less than' options relate to the value's position in the Attribute Properties values list. Refer to Adding Attribute Values for more information. |
With Relationship type |
Click the checkbox to find relationships based on type and related item. To find relationships of any type, select Any Relationship Type from the drop-down list. To find relationships of a selected type, select the type from the drop-down list. Refer to Adding Relationship Types for more information. To look for all relationships that are with, from or to other selected relationships:
The Select Project Items dialog box is displayed.
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Sets with |
Click the checkbox to find sets that contain items. To find sets that contain at least one item, select At least one Item from the drop-down list. To find sets that contain selected items:
The Select Project Items dialog box is displayed.
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When you have specified the required criteria, click Find Now.
The results of the search are displayed in List View. From here, you can open items, add items to a set, print items, add items to a model and so on.
Find Bar:
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