Find Event window

Use this window to specify the criteria for the search and to choose the direction of the search (up or down).

Use the following options to specify criteria and direction.

Operation
A command that changes the data in the VOB. For example, to search for events that created a branch, select the mkbranch operation.
Object kind (Linux and the UNIX system)
Object (Windows systems)
Finds an occurrence of an object type in the event log, for example, a branch.
Host
Finds the host computers that appear in the history of the element.
Event ID
Finds the event based on its identification number. Type the numeric identifier for the event that you want to find. If you know only part of the ID, click Use Pattern Matching and right-click in the field to enter special characters.
Version
Finds an event record based on a version identifier. Enter a number or part of the version (for example, main\13) that corresponds to the event record that you seek.
Comment
Finds an event record based on the content of a comment. Type the text string to search for in the event records. For example, to find all elements that have the phrase "bug fix" in a comment, type "bug fix".
Labels
Finds an event based on a label attached to the element. Type a label that is part of the event record that you are seeking. If you know only part of the label, click Use Pattern Matching and right-click in the box to enter special characters to aid in the search.
Attributes
Finds an event based on an annotation attached to the object listed in the event log. Type a space-separated list of attributes to search for.
Up
In Direction, set to search toward the top. Starts the search with the currently selected event record. If no event record is selected, the search starts with the event record at the bottom of the display. The search ends with the event record at the top of the event log.
Down
In Direction, set to search toward the bottom. Starts the search with the currently selected event record. If no event record is selected, the search starts with the event record at the top of the display. The search ends with the event record at the bottom of the event log.
Match Case
Use this option to narrow the search further. By default, the search treats lowercase and uppercase equally. If you set this option, the search finds only text that matches the case of the text string that you specify.
Use Pattern Matching
Use this option to narrow the search further. If you set this option, you can insert special characters in a text string that you specify to form a pattern-matching string.

On Linux and the UNIX system, click the desired character position in the text box and just type them in.

On Windows systems, click the desired character position in the text box, and either right-click and select a special character to insert or just type them in.
  • ? for any character
  • * for zero or more characters
  • [] for character in range
  • \ to escape a special character

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