Searching Entity in Workspace
Hello,
Today I’d like to show you some ways how to find a particular entity in Workspace.
Example A:
- You need to find an entity of which whole name you don’t remember. You only know there is a word “rating”.
- You know on which Workspace (WS) the entity is. OR Your model has only one WS.
Steps:
1. Open the model and activate particular Workspace.
2. Press CTRL + F (Edit menu | Find).
3. Type the entity name.
You can use e.g. the following search string: *rating or only rat*, *ting etc.
Another search string: ?rating
* - for unlimited number of characters,
? - for one character.
4. Define the options for search. Remember that Compare to Name refers to physical view (searches among physical names in WS) and Compare to Caption to logical view (searches among logical names in WS). See what view is displayed in the WS or select the third option for sure - Compare to Name or Caption.
5. If you know there are several entities containing the word “rating” OR there are several shortcuts of the entity in one WS, you can select the Find All checkbox.
6. Confirm OK.
Result: The entity shortcut will be found in the WS and highlighted. If there are more of them, all of them will be displayed. In this example, four entities have been found.
Notes:
- If you do not select the Find All checkbox and there are more entity shortcuts that match the searched term, press Next to skip from one to another.
- The Find function searches objects only on current Workspace.
Example B:
- You know the entity name or at least how it begins.
- You don’t know on which WS the entity is. OR The entity shortcut is on more workspaces.
Steps:
1. Open the model and its Model Explorer.
2. Expand the Entities folder in Model Explorer. You like to find entity tab_Order Record. The entities are sorted as they were created. If you like to sort the items in Model Explorer alphabetically, right-click the Model Explorer and select Sort by Name.
3. Start typing the entity name, e.g. “t”. Cursor will switch to item of which name begins this way - “t”. Continue typing “tab” and see the searched entity finally.
4. Select the entity and expand the entity folder.
5. See folder Shortcuts. Here all shortcuts of the particular entity are listed. You can see information on which Workspace the entity shortcut occurs, and also a number of the shortcut if there are more of them in one WS.
6. Select particular shortcut from particular WS and double-click it.
Result:
If the WS is not activated, it will open and the selected shortcut will be centered and highlighted.
If it is not the entity shortcut you wanted, feel free to double-click another one in Model Explorer.
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This is all for today. If you have any questions, please feel free to write me. Thanks in advance!
Have a great weekend!
Regards,
Vladka