You can search for entity instances located on a Pacbase server
via the Pacbase server search wizard.
To start searching for instances on a Pacbase server from thePacbase
explorer view, do the following ones:
- Click in the toolbar associated with the perspective, or click directly
.
- In theSearch dialog box that opens up, click
the Pacbase server search tab.
- Then enter and select the search criteria:
- enter the character string you want to search for in the Search
expression field. If you have several criteria, they must be separated
by blanks. You can use the following wildcard characters:
- Use the asterisk as a substitute for zero or more characters.
- Use the question mark as a substitute for a single character in a name.
- check the entities you want to search for in the Search
for group. Check the All box to select
all the entities, or None to deselect your choices.
- if you only want the search to be limited to the instance name, or
to the keywords entered on the instance, or to the instance label, or both
label and keywords, check the corresponding boxes in the Limit
to group.
- You can combine all your search criteria by clicking Union
of all criteria.
- Click Search to initiate the search based
on your search criteria.
Tip: a connection to a Pacbase
server is required.
The result of the search is displayed in the Search on
repository view that is added to the Pacbase perspective.