Set up archived record search options
An archived record will not appear in search results unless you specifically ask for archived records, or have set the personalized user setting for search to “All" or "Archived."
To set up archived record search options, complete the following steps, depending on the situation.

To include archived records in your search from the Home page, complete the following steps.
- Go to Search section of the Home page.
- Enter any applicable search criteria, then in the Archived menu, choose one of the following options:
- To include both active and archived records in your search, in the Archived drop-down list, select "All."
- To display only archived records in your search results, in the Archived drop-down list, select "Archived."
- Click Search. If there are any archived records that meet your search criteria, they should appear in the search results.Note
This applies to the overall record status - top level archived for each provider type (practitioners, groups, plans, contracts, and facilities).

To include archived records in your search from pages (excluding the Home page), complete the following steps.
- Go to the Search area of any page (excluding the Home page).
- Enter any applicable search criteria, then click the Advanced Search icon
.
- In the Advanced Search dialog box, in the Demographics section, scroll down to locate the Archived menu.
- To include both active and archived records in your search, in the Archived drop-down list, select "All."
- To display only archived records in your search results, in the Archived drop-down list, select "Archived."
- Click Search. If there are any archived records that meet your search criteria, they should appear in the search results.Note
This applies to the overall record status - top level archived for each provider type (practitioners, groups, plans, contracts, and facilities).

To include archived records in your search via user settings, complete the following steps.
- On the Navigation bar, click the down arrow
to the right of your name to open the User Settings dialog box.
- Overall: This filter refers to the top-level of archiving, which applies to just practitioners, groups, plans, contracts, and facilities.
- Gridline: This filter refers to data grid lines found in record panels.
- Reference: This filter refers to reference types.
- Image: This filter refers to any image attached to a record.
- In the User Settings dialog box, in the Active Filters section, select the desired option for each filter, then click OK.
- All: This option will display both Archived and Active records.
- Active: This option will display only Active records.
- Archived: This option will display only Archived records.
- Optional. To reset the active filters to their default settings, click the Reset link.
Four filters can be adjusted and they are as follows:
Definitions for each option are as follows:
The Page Size field in the User Settings dialog box refers to the number of records that will be displayed in the results grid. For example, if you type "50" in the Page Size field, you will see fifty records accompanied by a "next page" arrow for viewing the next fifty record results, etc.