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 Review>Annotations>Find Annotations>Find command.

The Find dialog appears and the Find Annotation tab is activated.
Enter the pattern you want to find in the Find what field. This can be a string or a regular expression.
Activate the Match case check box if you want case sensitivity to be taken into consideration.
Activate the Find whole words only check box if you should only search for whole words.

It is not a good idea to use placeholders in the search.
If you want to interpret search text as a regular expression, activate the Evaluate regular expression check box.

The search text in Find what is interpreted as a regular expression, otherwise as a string.
Select the user who made the annotation from the Author drop-down list. (all) means there are no constraints.
If you do not want to restrict the search, select the Entire Innovator model entry from the Search Scope drop-down list in the Search Options group.
If you want to constrain the search to selected elements and their subelements, e.g. a package, then select the Within selected area entry.
If you want to constrain the search to selected elements, then select the Current selection only entry.
If you want to constrain the search to the current content in the Result region, then select the In the result region entry.
Activate the Overwrite result region check box in the Search Options group if you want the search hits to replace the previous content in the result region.

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

The dialog 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.