Find changes by user using advanced search

You can search for an account name attached to a changeset. The user name tells you who submitted the request to update or process a component. These user names don't include the email address. For example, Jane Doe.

Before you begin

To access the Changesets module, you must have one of the following permissions:
- Administrator permissions
- Changesets module permissions
Administrators can grant access to the Changesets module by following the steps in Allow non-Admin users to work with changesets.
In the Changesets module, Advanced search is available only on the Changesets tab. You cannot open Advanced search on the Histories tab.
The Advanced search feature in Changesets does not include Advanced content, so you cannot use XPath expressions here to search.

Tips and tricks

You cannot use the Action field to find records created by an Inspire process.
- An Action is an option from a menu that a user can select to request a modification to a component.
- A Process is code that Inspire runs to complete a modification to a component.
- If you want to use Advanced search to see changeset records for an Inspire process, follow the steps in Find process changes using advanced search.
- You can also use tools in the basic search bar to Filter changesets by selecting an Inspire Process.
For steps to find a changeset using specific criteria, refer to the following topics:

To find a user who initiated a change using Advanced Search:

From the top menu options, select the Changesets module.
If not open, select the Changesets tab.
You cannot open advanced search on the Histories tab.
On the Changesets tab, select Advanced search.
Result: a new pane opens in between the basic search bar and the changeset list.
In the Field list, select User.
In the Operator list, select one of the following:
- = (Equals): show only changeset records that have the exact user name you select in Value
- <> (Not Equal to): show all changeset records that do NOT have the exact user name you select in Value
In Value, select an Inspire user.
Optionally, you can revise your search criteria:
1. Click Add to add another search parameter.
2. Click Remove to remove a search parameter.
3. If you have multiple parameters in the query, choose the appropriate criteria from the And/Or list.
4. To group search parameters, select the checkboxes for two or more consecutive parameters and click Group selected clauses.
5. To ungroup search parameters, click Ungroup clauses.
To save the list of components that match the search as a CSV file:
1. Click Save as CSV.
2. To choose what time zone is used, on the Convert time confirmation screen, select one of the following:
  You see the date displayed in the header of the CSV as: All date/times are shown in {timezone} or UTC.
  UTC is a time zone standard used as a basis for all time zones worldwide. It is a constant time scale and does not change for Daylight Saving Time.
  - To use your local time, click Yes.
  - To use UTC time, click No.
  Result:
  If the list of changesets contains more than 200 records, only the first 200 are saved to the CSV file.
  - You see a file is downloaded to your computer using the following format:
    - InspireChangesets_DD-MM-YYYY-HH-MM-SS-MS
  - If you searched for a change, Inspire now saves only your search results to the CSV file.
  - If you filtered the list, Inspire now saves your filtered list to the CSV file.
  - If you sorted the list, Inspire now saves your sorted list to the CSV file.