Finding Objects by Attribute or Property

To search for an object in a diagram by using a value for a particular attribute or property:

Procedure

1. Press Space Bar and enter Find.The Find facility appears.

2. Specify the following in the Scope section:Select the project, build list, designs or diagrams in which you want to search. If build lists exist, they are listed above the designs.

The filter symbol in the Scope section indicates whether a filter has been set or not . If a filter been set and you do not want to use a filter, click the Clear Filter button. If you want to set a filter for the search, click the Set Filter button to display the Find Filters dialog where you must specify the following: Object Types — select the object types that you want to be included in the search. You can clear the selection at any point by clicking the Clear Selection button. Note If you search for pins, the search results include backshell terminations, if you search for devices, the search results also include ground devices.

Revision — specify the design revision in which you want to search. You can check the Latest Revision Only box to only ever search across the latest revision.

Release Level — from the dropdown list, select either no release level (blank) or a release level across which you want to search.

Abstraction — from the dropdown list, select either no abstraction level (blank) or an abstraction level across which you want to search.

Domain — from the dropdown list, select either no domain (blank) or a domain across which you want to search.

Effectivity — (only visible if effectivity functionality has been enabled for the project in Capital Project Manager) - specify the effectivity range within which you want to search.

Click the OK button to exit the Find Filters dialog.

3. In the Find section, specify what you are searching for. The behavior of the search depends on whether you select ExactMatch and/or Match Case for the fields in this section: Neither are selected — The search finds appropriate objects/attributes/values that contain the string entered in the box, regardless of whether any characters are uppercase or lowercase.

Exact Match IS NOT selected and Match Case IS selected — The search finds appropriate objects/attributes/values that contain the string entered in the box with the same uppercase and lowercase characters.

Exact Match IS selected and Match Case IS NOT selected — The search finds appropriate objects/attributes/values that match the exact string entered in the box, regardless of whether any characters are uppercase or lowercase.

Exact Match and Match Case are both selected — The search finds appropriate objects/attributes/values that match the exact string entered in the box with the same uppercase and lowercase characters.

Specify the following, as required: Note In the following fields, if you want to search for a special character such as $, ensure that you type a delimiter () before it. For example, $.

Object Name — if you want to limit the search to objects with particular names, you can enter a full name or part of a name using wildcards.

Attribute/Property — specify the attribute or property name. You can either enter the name manually or select it from the drop-down list in the field.

Matches — specify the value of the attribute or property. If Exact Match is selected, every value string found will be fully replaced by the content in the replace section. If Exact Match is not selected, each and every occurrence of the string entered will be replaced by the content in the replace section. For example, find “AB” and replace with “C”, results in the renaming of Property=ABDAB with Property=CDC. If nothing is specified here, the entire value strings of the attribute/property occurrences found will be replaced by the content in the replace section. For example, find ““ and replace with “C”, results in the renaming of Property=ABDAB with Property=C.

Symbol — if you want to search on objects that use a particular symbol only, you can click the ellipsis (...) button to display the Symbol Selection dialog that enables you to browse the available symbol libraries to select the symbol. If you select a symbol, it appears in a preview window. You can click the Clear button ( ) to clear the symbol selection.

4. Click the Find button.

5. The specified attributes and properties are found. The output window at the bottom of the application displays the found objects on the Find tab. You can click on an object name to view that object in a diagram.

Parent Topic:

Select By Attribute/Property Help

Capital E/E Publisher User Guide, 2512.2606

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