Find Dialog

Purpose

Use the Find dialog to search for model elements by their names, specification texts, properties, notes, label values, date or type system option.

You can use various search options to limit the search and allocation in the result region.

You can use an SQL query language for complex search combinations.

You can save the search settings for a tab under a name.

Call

Open the dialog with Start>Browse>Find (Ctrl+F).

The Find dialog contains the following tabs:

•  Find Name

  Search for model elements by their name component and/or element type.

•  Find Specification

  Search for model elements by their text or regular expressions in specification texts.

•  Find Property

  Combined search for model elements by their name, stereotype, properties and stereotype properties.

•  Find Annotation

  Search for model elements by their text or regular expressions in annotations for dialog elements.

•  Find Label

  Search for model elements by their label values.

•  Find Date

  Search for model elements by their date of creation or modification.

•  Find Type System Option

  Search for model elements by their type system, type system option and/or value.

•  Advanced

  Search for model elements with an SQL query language which enables complex search combinations.

You can jump between tabs; any settings you may have made are not lost until the dialog is closed.

Saving a search and clicking on Find does not combine settings from various tabs.

You can find more entries in the Find submenu if required.

• Find Diagrams with Annotations
• Deleted Elements (for activated change logs)
• User-defined searches that were saved in the dialog or that are available as searches throughout the models
• Customizable searches that are essentially available as searches throughout the models are stored in the inoref.xml file in the $INODIR directory and can be edited there if required.

On repeated execution of the Find (Ctrl+F) command, the dialog shows the entries for the last search carried out with this dialog. The tab used is restored with the most recent entries.

Structure

The dialog has three areas next to each other.

The left-hand list of saved searches is hidden by default. You can show or hide the list by clicking on Saved Queries. The respective icons can be found below the list.

In the middle you can see the tab buttons which you can use to switch the search criteria in the main right-hand area of the dialog.

For a description of the procedure in the individual tabs, see Verwandte Themen.

The same Search Options are provided for all tabs.

You can define the following as the Search Scope:

• Entire Innovator model

  Search the entire Innovator model.

• Within selected area

  Restrict the search scope to the selected elements and their subelements.

• Current selection only

  Restrict the search scope to the selected elements.
  

• In the result region

  Restrict the search scope to the content of the result region.

You can define the following as the Result Presentation:

• In the result region

  Display search results in the Results region.

• In the result region and in a table

  Display search results in the Results region and in a table. Configurations set for Content as Table are used for the table.

• In a table

  Display search results in a table. Configurations set for Content as Table are used for this.

If the Overwrite Result Region check box is activated, the previous content of the result region is replaced by the search results (no selection takes place) instead of these being inserted and a selection being made.

You can use the Find button to start the search on the basis of the search criteria in the active tab and with the set search options.

Saved Searches

You can save the search settings for the current tab as a user-defined search.

The Edit Model-Wide Configurations privilege enables an existing user-specific search to be prepared so that it can be made into a search across all models that can be used by all users.

The user-defined searches can be seen in the Saved Queries list and in the Start>Browse>Find submenu. You can run the search by clicking on it in the submenu.

• List of Saved Searches

  You can enter a name pattern in the <Filter> field above the structure content to restrict the entries displayed there.

  Icons split configurations into two groups:

   Model-wide configuration

   User-defined configuration

  A tool tip appears for each entry when you hover over it with the mouse; it shows information, e.g. for creating model-wide configurations.

  A loaded search activates the tab stored in it (e.g. Find Label) and the settings contained in it.

  A selected saved search can be edited. An asterisk next to the name indicates unsaved changes.

  The search remains opened and is modified when the tab is changed. This can be used to e.g. replace a stored search with an extended search with the same name without needing to delete it and create it as new.

• Command Toolbar

  The following commands can be used to manage the searches.

  •  New

    Creates a new user specific configuration. It will be saved with the current settings, and it will be loaded then.

  •  Rename

    Rename the selected configuration. Renaming a configuration which has pending changes is not possible. Renaming a model-wide configuration requires the privilege 'Edit Model-Wide Configurations'.

  •  Delete

    Delete the selected configuration. Deleting a model-wide configuration requires the privilege 'Edit Model-Wide Configurations'.

  •  Copy

    Create a user specific copy of the selected configuration. The copy is loaded. Copying is not possible when the loaded configuration has no pending changes.

  •  Deploy

    Create a model-wide application configuration from the selected user-specific configuration. After deployment as a model-wide configuration, the user-specific configuration is deleted. The selected configuration must not have pending changes. The privilege 'Edit Model-Wide Configurations' is required.

  •  Save

    Save the current settings to the selected configuration. If a model-wide configuration is selected, you need the privilege 'Edit Model-Wide Configurations', otherwise you can choose a name for saving the configuration user-specifically. The saved configuration is then considered loaded.

  •  Save As

    Save the current settings into a new or existing configuration, model-wide or user-specific. Saving a model-wide configuration requires the privilege 'Edit Model-Wide Configurations'. The saved configuration is then considered loaded.

  •  Discard Changes (for directly-edited configurations)

    Discards the changes on the edited configuration. Restores the loaded search and jumps to the corresponding tab with the stored settings.

  •  View Content

    Opens a dialog where the configuration can be viewed as text. Changes are not possible.

  •  Edit Content (replaces View Content for defect configurations)

    Opens a dialog where the configuration can be edited as text. Use this feature to repair a configuration that cannot be loaded anymore.

    Proceed carefully as invalid structure changes may make the configuration unusable.