How do you filter all published processes in the workspace?

Question

Options

• ASwitch to Advanced Search, and select the field "Publishing state".
• BType the word "Publishing state" in the search field and press Enter.
• CType the word "Publish" in the Search field and press Enter.
• DSwitch to Advanced Search, and select the field "Publishing date".

• A
  81% (26)
• B
  6% (2)
• C
  13% (4)

Explanation

Filtering published processes requires using Advanced Search with specific fields - options A and D are both correct because the Advanced Search interface exposes structured metadata fields like "Publishing state" (to filter by status) and "Publishing date" (to filter by when the process was published), both of which precisely target published processes.

Why the distractors fail:

• B is wrong because typing "Publishing state" as free text in the basic search field searches process content/names, not metadata - it won't act as a filter.
• C is wrong for the same reason; typing "Publish" is a keyword search, not a metadata filter, and will return any process containing that word rather than filtering by publishing status.

Memory tip: Think "Advanced = Metadata." Whenever you need to filter by a property of a process (state, date, owner) rather than searching its name or content, you must switch to Advanced Search to access those structured fields. "Publish" as a keyword finds text; "Publishing state/date" as a field filters status.

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