The Commodity Search Module gives you access to the all the commodities hosted in the system. The sections below outline the features of the search interface.
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From the Home Page go to Search
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Note that the search technology searches on beginning of words and not on strings of letters within words. |
The Search results screen provides the following columns:
“Commodity” which includes the acronyms for the commodities
“Short Name”
“Specification” including Product name which is the IBC Code name, Trade Name, Synonym or Charterer or Product Specifications
“Product Name” for the commodity is listed on its own column again
“CAS #”
“Modified” - this is the date that the product was last modified in Milbros
“View”
The search result screen defaults to display 15 rows per page. We recommend that you change the selection from 15 to 100 or 200 to allow scrolling through the search results faster.
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1.2 Searching for Commodities
Searches can be performed for all available commodities or you can search only your “Favorite” commodities. Setting “Favorite” commodities is explained further in Section 1.3.
1st Search Option:
In the search box you can enter the name of the commodity you are searching for. As you start typing, the system will display a list of possible matches to help you with refining your search. The list of matching results will only display words that begin with the search phrase. For example, if you type ‘Toluene’ you will not see ‘Hydroxytoluene’ on the result list.
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The search box also supports searching by CAS Number and UN Number. Start typing the CAS or UN Number in the search box and the possible matches will be displayed.
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2nd Search Option:
You can type your entry (cargo name) in the Search box on the upper right corner of the website, click Enter or select the entry from the dropdown and click Enter.
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1.3 Setting “Favorite” Commodities
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Adding Commodity to your Favorites: To add a commodity to your ‘Favorites’ list, click the grey star (*) next to any commodity in the search results grid.
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Removing Commodity from your Favorites: To remove a commodity from your ‘Favorites’ list, click the gold star (*) next to any commodity in the search results grid.
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