Find Annotation

Search for model elements using text in annotations.

Context

You can use the Find dialog to search for specific annotations. You can limit the search to certain editors .

Please note that the string in the field will always be interpreted as a regular expression.

How to proceed

Select the command Start>Browse>Find>Find in Annotations or, alternatively, the command Review>Annotations>Find Annotations>Find in Annotations.

The Find dialog appears and the Find Annotation tab is activated.
Enter the pattern you want to search for in the Contained Text field. This can be a string or a regular expression.
Activate the Match case check box if you want to match case.
Activate the Match whole word check box if you should only search for whole words.

It is not a good idea to use wildcards in the search.
Select the user the annotation was made by in the Author drop-down list. (all) means there are no constraints.
If you want to constrain the search to selected elements and their successors, e.g. a package, then activate the Only within the selected elements check box in the Search options group.

If you do not do this, then the whole model is searched through.
If you want the search hits to replace the previous content in the result region, then activate the Overwrite result region check box in the Search options group.

If you do not do this, then the results are added to the previous results.
Click on Find.

The dialog box remains open to continue your search or add new entries. You can continue to work normally in the model while the search is being carried out.