Find Name

Searching for model elements based on their name and/or element type.

Context

You can use the Find dialog to search for model elements using their names and/or element types.

How to proceed

Select Start>Browse>Find (Ctrl+F).

The dialog of the same name appears.
Select the Find Name tab.
Enter the string which should be in the name of the element you are searching for in the Find what field. An asterisk (*) can be used as placeholder. The drop-down list contains search patterns already used. If you do not enter a string, the hit returns all elements of the selected type.
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 wildcards in the search.
To take all element types into consideration for the search, activate the All radio button.

Continue with step 11.
To consider a particular group of elements in the search, activate the Filter radio button and select the group of elements being searched for from the drop-down list.

Continue with step 11.
Deactivate the Itemize only instantiated types check box if you do not want to constrain the drop-down list of element types and stereotypes to the types used in the model.

The search will not return any hits for types not used but it may be useful to deactivate if you want to save the search without it being linked to the current model.
To consider a particular element type of the element, activate the Element Type radio button and select the type of elements being searched for from the Element Type drop-down list.

Continue with step 11.
To consider a particular stereotype when searching for elements, activate the Stereotype radio button and select the type of element being searched for from the Stereotype drop-down list.
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.