Use this window to search through the version tree
for a specific version or branch. For example, you can search for a version
labeled with 3.0.BL2_RELEASE.
Locate the version selected by the view
If you select this option, clicking Locate causes
the version tree display to change
focus, displaying the version selected by the view.
The
version in the view is identified by the view
select indicator.
Locate the version or branch selected by the
mouse pointer
If you select this option, clicking Locate causes
the version tree display to change
focus, displaying the currently selected version or branch.
Tip: If no version or branch is currently selected in
the version tree display (that is, if you did not click a version or branch
in the display before opening the Locate Version and Branch window), clicking
this option has no effect on the display.
Locate the version or branch based on the following
criteria
Activates the selection options under
Locate
Version By and
Locate Branch By, which
you can use to specify search criterion to find a version or branch. The Version
Tree Browser uses the following types of data to identify a version or branch,
and you can search for any of these identifiers:
- Version name
- Label name (if one has been assigned)
- Attribute and its value (if one has been
assigned)
- Creation information
- Activity (if one has been assigned)
- Branch name
Tip: The identifier
must be displayed in the Version Tree Browser before you can search on it.
If the identifier is not displayed, the browser prompts you
before it fetches the data from the VOB.
-
- A flashlight appears in the version tree next to the result of your query.
The flashlight disappears when you click anywhere in the version tree.
Selection filter
If you select Locate
the version or branch based on the following criteria, the Selection
filter option allows you to create and apply a filter to further
limit which versions and branches appear under List of Names.
Select this option to display the Filter box.
In
Filter, specify a string to search
through the output under
List of Names for a text or
numeric string. The filter has these properties:
- It is case-sensitive
- It does not support Boolean searches
- It uses only the asterisk (*) as a special character
For example, select Label name and
you can search for all labels that include the string "v3.0". Or,
to see only the versions checked in during September, 2004, click Creation
Info and enter *Sep*04*.
Tip: To
undo, or remove, the additional search criteria, clear
Selection
Filter.
Click Apply to
display in List of Names the possible versions or branches
that match the string that you entered.
Click Locate to change the focus of the version tree display and have the flashlight
icon appear.