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Elastic Search

You can customize your search criteria with the Elastic search feature. This feature offers quick searching and filter options for different types of entity records so that you can review and modify information on the Experience and Relationship Dashboard. The Elasticsearch feature can be accessed from all the Umbria screens.

When installing Elasticsearch on a different server from the Umbria Web Server, for Elasticsearch to work:

General Search

  1. On the Umbria Dashboard, click on the magnifying glass icon to open the Search bar.
  2. Type in any search criteria and press Enter on the keyboard. The screen refreshes, showing a list of all matching results.
  3. Tabs that appear that can filter the information by category are:
Note: If the Elasticsearch service is stopped, a note will be displayed on the search result page; "Search performance is degraded and certain features have been disabled. Please use the form search for look-ups." To re-enable Elasticsearch, start the service on the Windows Services (Local).

Advanced Search

  1. You can also use the Advanced Search feature. Type "#" to select from a pre-defined search option list.

  2. As per the selected search fields, further search options are suggested.

Note: Further search options are prompted, only if Elasticsearch is enabled as a service. If the Elasticsearch service is stopped, a note will be displayed on the search result page; "Search performance is degraded and certain features have been disabled. Please use the form search for look-ups." To re-enable Elastic Search, start the service on the Windows Services (Local).
Operator Description
AND Use AND to include two search terms. For e.g. #Area of Law: corporate #Billing Lawyer: marcus, alexey AND #Matter Subtype: appeals . The search results will display all corporate matters with Alexey Marcus as the Billing Lawyer and with Matter Subtype Appeals.
OR Use OR to broaden your search criteria. For e.g. #Area of Law: corporate #Billing Lawyer: marcus, alexey OR #Responsible Lawyer: gordon, richard. The search results will display all corporate matters with Alexey Marcus as the billing lawyer or matters that have Richard Gordon as the responsible lawyer.
NOT Use NOT to exclude a search item. For e.g.#Area of Law: corporate NOT #Matter Number: 0020. The search results will display all corporate matters except matter number 0020.
Combine Operators
  1. The All tab will show all the general search results and the other tabs will show data relevant to the tab. For e.g. the Matter tab will list only matters specific to the search criteria.

Tip: On each tab, the result count and the search time is displayed.

Search Suggestions Action Menu options

Search Field Options Displayed Description
Matter Budget View the Matter Budget page.
  Planning View the Matter Planning page.
  Rate Card View the Matter Rate Card page.
  Arrangements View the Matter Arrangements page.
  Comments View the Matter Comments page.
  Monitor View the Matter Monitor page.
  Revenue View the Matter Revenue page
  Trust Accounts View the Matter Trust Accounts page.
  Time Entries View the Matter Time Entries page.
  Expenses View the Matter Expenses page.
  Matter Performance Variance View the Matter Performance Variance page.
  Players and Parties View the Matter Players and Parties page.
  Tasks View the Matter Tasks page.
Matter Family Budget View the Matter Family Budget page.
  Planning View the Matter Family Planing page.
  Comments View the Matter Family Comments page.
  Monitor View the Matter Family Monitor page.
  Players and Parties View the Matter Family Players and Parties page.
Opportunity Budget View the Opportunity Budget page.
  Planning View the Opportunity Planning page.
  Rate Card View the Opportunity Rate Card page.
  Comments View the Opportunity Comments page.
  Players and Parties View the Opportunity Players and Parties page.
  Proposal View the Opportunity Proposal page.
  Tasks View the Opportunity Tasks page.
People Matters View the People Matters page.
  Clients View the People Clients page.
  Tasks View the People Tasks page.
Clients Health Check View the Client Health Check page.
  Arrangements View the Client Arrangements page.
  Rate Card View the Client Rate Card page.
  Revenue View the Client Revenue page.
Other Company Company View the Company page
  External Category View the external category
  Area of Law View the Area of Law.