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Unified Search

Search

Pidima provides a unified search engine that lets you find any artifact across your entire workspace from a single search bar.

Overview​

The unified search queries across all entity types simultaneously:

  • Requirements
  • Test Cases
  • Architecture Diagrams
  • Documents
  • Projects

Results are returned grouped by type with relevance ranking, so you can quickly locate any artifact regardless of where it lives in your project hierarchy.

  1. Click the Search icon in the top navigation bar (or use the keyboard shortcut)
  2. Type your search query
  3. Results appear grouped by artifact type
  4. Click any result to navigate directly to that artifact's detail page

Search Capabilities​

Full-Text Search​

Search matches against:

  • Requirements — Name, description, custom attributes
  • Test Cases — Name, description, steps, expected outcomes
  • Architecture — Name, description, PlantUML code
  • Documents — File name, extracted text content

Filtering Results​

After searching, you can narrow results by:

  • Entity type — Show only requirements, test cases, etc.
  • Project — Limit to a specific project
  • Level — Limit to a specific level within a project

Search Results Page​

The dedicated search results page (/search-results) displays:

  • Total match count per entity type
  • Paginated results with highlighted matching text
  • Quick-action buttons (view, edit) on each result
  • Breadcrumb showing the project/level path for each result
  • Use specific terms — Search for unique identifiers (e.g., requirement IDs like REQ-001) for exact matches
  • Use keywords — Search for domain-specific terms to find related artifacts across types
  • Combine with filters — Use type filters to reduce noise when searching common terms
  • Search descriptions — The search indexes full descriptions, so you can find requirements by their content, not just their names