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Is it possible to search the public documents by Owner?

SledDriver
SledDriver Member Posts: 117 ✭✭✭
in Community Support
Title says it all.

I see owner listed, but I cannot see a way to search by owner.

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  • SledDriver
    SledDriver Member Posts: 117 ✭✭✭
    Thanks.
  • StephenG
    StephenG Member Posts: 384 ✭✭✭
    Recently having a need to search for a Document by an attribute other than by name I was quite surprised (actually very disappointed) that document search is so primitive. For a product that is advertised for its data management and collaboration capabilities the lack of a tool to "find" data is a black eye for the product.
  • gauthier_östervall
    gauthier_östervall Member Posts: 99 ✭✭
    Still nothing right? I'd also expect that clicking on the headers of the search results to sort ascending/descending for that field.
  • jim_petrillo
    jim_petrillo Member Posts: 2 EDU
    Agreed still nothing right?

    So as a designer with many public documents I can't even link to my own page for people to follow me?  

    I thought least if you're on a design you should easily be able to find the owner, and click to see their profile and other designs they've made.

    It's easier for me to track designers through third-party 3D model sharing websites like prusaprinters.org than to use Google or search for an owner in onshape. crazy!
  • john_mcclary
    john_mcclary Member, Developers Posts: 4,102 PRO
    jim_petrillo said:
    Agreed still nothing right?

    So as a designer with many public documents I can't even link to my own page for people to follow me?  

    I thought least if you're on a design you should easily be able to find the owner, and click to see their profile and other designs they've made.

    It's easier for me to track designers through third-party 3D model sharing websites like prusaprinters.org than to use Google or search for an owner in onshape. crazy!
    Oh, I like that idea of a profile page which shows your public docs...
  • john_mcclary
    john_mcclary Member, Developers Posts: 4,102 PRO
    I know right... But anyone on a free account is not supposed to be doing paid work anyway. So there should be no intellectual property on the public side. 

    People want the world for free. The barrier to entry for Onshape pro is very reasonable even for a hobbiest that wants to protect his property. I mean when they convinced me to buy my subscription they said it was the equivalent of one cup of coffe from Starbucks every workday. And it actually isn't far off from that. 

    I paid for the Onshape sub out of my pocket for the first couple years before my boss saw the potential and had the company finially pitch in.  Worth every penny in my opinion 
  • EGen
    EGen Member Posts: 5 ✭
    Searching by User would be beneficial.
    • Maybe you find a Document that fills a niche, and you wonder if that User has other niche-designs.
    • Maybe you find a Document that is really well made, then you can explore that User's Documents and learn good practices in design, or the feature tree, or the revision history.
    • It would help private contractors.  Instead of saying "here's a list of URLs to my designs" one could say "here is my page" or "search <MyUserName> on OnShape."
  • martien
    martien Member Posts: 15 ✭✭
    Odd. I think this still doesn't work. But n the other hand, the advanced search help page (https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/advanced_search.htm) says it should work:

    > Add criteria - Free, Standard, and Education account users can use this field to search for default fields including Owner and Creator.

    But, when I try, those fields are not there. There is a "DrawnBy", but that doesn't seem to refer to the owner.

    Is this a feature limited to Premium or so? Or is that page just incorrect, and this still doesn't actually work?
  • david_edge336
    david_edge336 Member Posts: 2 ✭

    You can do an advanced search by Vendor, however the trick is to find where you can set Vendor on a document. The only way I've found so far is to set Vendor on an 'Assembly', you can't set Vendor on the properties of a Part Studio.

  • ulrich_petri
    ulrich_petri Member Posts: 7 ✭✭
    edited March 2025
    https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/25411#Comment_25411

    Is it "soon" yet? Surely 8 years qualifies as soon having come and gone a couple of times.
    Feels like being a kid again and asking when we're finally there and only getting a "soon" back…

  • gyorgy_csorba
    gyorgy_csorba Member Posts: 2 ✭

    I just wanted to find a modell of the specific creator but the search is a mess,
    Please add this feature.

    please, or at least explain why is it not there and can leave with it. but do not leave us in limbo. please

  • patrik_gerenmark
    patrik_gerenmark Member Posts: 2 ✭

    Looks like it is possible now.

    You can search for drawnby:##Name##

  • william_hester301
    william_hester301 Member Posts: 2 ✭

    it doesn't work though, an ownedby field is needed

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