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
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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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