The Advanced Filters provide further refinements to your search criteria. Any combination of filters can be used in addition to the document number or keywords you entered, but note that some filters may not apply to the document for which you are searching.
The What's This link provides a pop-up with a brief description of the Advanced Filters.
The Advanced Filters include:
Organization - Restricts the search to selected authoring organizations. Organization acronyms can also be typed in the Doc No field.
Status Filter and Definitions - Authoring organizations manage document versions by applying different status labels for documents as the document is being developed for publication due to required content modifications. A document's primary status is generic and the secondary status is a specific. A specific status supports the reason that a generic status was applied. For example, a document may be Inactive (generic) and the specific reason may be that it has been superseded by a later revision.
Standard Class - Several document types are available and are dependent upon your subscription. Document types can include military and federal documents and/or documents from a specific industry. Document types are associated with the Standard Developing Organization (SDO) that authored or owns the document.
Publication Date - A date range filter allows you to limit your search criteria to a specific range of when a document was published as determined by the Standards Developing Organization.
Language - The documents in the IHS Standards Expert come in many different languages and have been categorized by language to refine the language of the documents.
Segment - The documents in the IHS Standards Expert application have been categorized into Segments to refine the organization of the documents. In some instances, the Segment and Organization may be the same.
ISC Code - The International Classification for Standards (ICS) is a broad subject classification structure for international, regional and national standards. It is a hierarchical classification consisting of three levels. The system was created by the ISO, International Organization for Standardization.
FSC Code - The FSC (Federal Supply Classification) is a four-digit code assigned to all U.S. Government standardization documents. Items that are similar in physical or performance characteristics, are requisitioned together, or are grouped together for supply management purposes are included in the same FSC.
Posted Date - A date range filter that allows you to limit your search criteria to a specific range when a document was last posted or updated in the IHS Standards Expert Index.
Watch List - The Watch List filter limits results to standards associated with selected Watch Lists.
To use select an option from any of the Advanced Filters:
Click on the filter link to open the pop-up list for that filter.
Click on an item from the list to highlight it. To select a group of items consecutively, hold down the Shift key and click your first item choice and your last item choice. To select non-consecutive items, hold down the Ctrl key and select the items you want.
Click Submit to activate your selections.
Click the Search button to apply them to a new search.
Click on the hide link to hide the ICS Code, FSC Code and IHS Segment filters. Click on the Advanced Filters arrows to collapse all of the Advanced Filters options to hide all of the advanced filters. Click on the arrows again to expand the list of Advanced Filters options.
Tip: Your search criteria will always be displayed at the top of your results list. If you want to de-select a filter option, click on the red X at the top of the results list. Please note that if your results list is long, it may take a few seconds longer than a shorter list does to delete the filter and recompile the results list.
