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Searching for Projects with Inventory Associated with a Specific License

You can use the Project Inventory filter to search for those projects that include one or more inventory items associated with a specific license. The search returns a filtered list of projects; and, when a project in the list is opened, its inventory is also filtered by the search criterion.

This search method saves you time in locating inventory items with license-related issues, such as those items that are associated with a high-risk license, across all projects.

When you search for projects that include inventory associated with a specific license, the following rules apply:

  • A full or partial string value is supported as search criterion.
  • All characters in the search string must be consecutive.
  • The string value is case-insensitive and can contain letters, numbers, hyphens, and special characters. Spaces are also allowed.
  • Only inventory items on the Project Inventory tab are supported in the search.

Use this procedure to locate those projects that include inventory associated with a specific license.

  1. Navigate to the Projects view. (See Opening the Projects View if additional instructions are needed.)

  2. At the top of the Projects pane, select Project Inventory from search dropdown list on the left.

  3. In the Enter Search Criteria field, specify the complete name or a partial string for one of the following:

    • The name of the Selected License as it appears on the Component Details tab (for example, GNU General Public License v2.0) for an inventory item
    • The license SPDX short identifier (for example, GPL-2.0+)
    • The license name as it appears in the Inventory Name value (for example, GNU General Public License or GPL-2.0+)

    The list of projects changes to reflect the search results, and a filtered count (for example, “(19 of 123)”) is also provided in the header on the Projects pane to show the number of projects returned by the search.

  4. Open one of the projects to see a filtered list of inventory items that contain the license. (See Opening a Project for details.)