Search changesets by a keyword

You can go to the Changesets tab to see an ongoing record of all changes made to every component in your instance of Inspire. As this is a list of all changes made on a daily basis, it can be very long. To find changes to a group of components by keyword, you can search on the Changesets tab.

To access the Changesets module, you must have one of the following:

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.

Tips and tricks

When searching for a keyword on the Changesets tab, you can only search in the following columns:
- User (First name, Last name, First Last name)
- Label
- Comment
You can also use Advanced search in the Changesets module, on the Changesets tab only.
- In Advanced search you can select a Field of Comment and Label to search for text in those areas of a snapshot's record.
- Find comments using advanced search
- Find labels using advanced search
You can also search in the following ways:
- Search changesets by dates
- Filter changesets by selecting a user Action
- Filter changesets by selecting an Inspire Process
- Filter changesets to see deletions
- You can show and hide columns by going to a column and clicking the down arrow next to the column name and selecting the Columns menu.

To search for changes by a keyword:

In the top menu, click Changesets.
Do one of the following:
- To find changes to a group of components by keyword, stay on the Changesets tab.
- To find changes to a specific component by keyword, select the Histories tab.
In Search, enter a keyword that can be found in:
- On the Changesets tab, you can search for a User name, the changeset's Label, or Comment.
- On the Histories tab, you can search for a Component Name.
Optionally, you can apply the following filters:
- To see changes made during a specific date range, select dates using the From and To date pickers.
- To see all changes made for a specific user action, select an option in Action.
- To see all changes made for a specific Inspire process, select an option in Process Type.
- To see only changesets where the Action is Delete, select Show Deleted.
Click Search .
To Clear the search criteria and refresh list, in Search, click clear.
Optionally, to save the list of changes 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
  Keep the following issues in mind:
  - The maximum amount of data that can be saved to a CSV is 200 changesets.
  - You can filter the list by dates to limit the number of changesets.
  - If you search, Inspire now saves only your search results to the CSV file. To see all changeset records, clear your search.
  - If you filter the list, Inspire now saves only your filtered results to the CSV file. To see all changeset records, clear your search.
  - When saving search results on the Changesets tab:
    
    The Components column is not included in the CSV file.
    
    A new column called DisplayNames has been added to the CSV file. It lists the component names in the changeset.
  - You can use the Options menu to access the Go To option. This opens the Components browser and highlights the component in the folder where it's stored.