In the Search window, the Data Model Search page allows
you to search data model resources. You can also use this page to
find and replace object name, label, documentation, or abbreviation
strings.
About this task
Using the Data Model Search page, you can search for text
that is contained in the name, label, documentation, or abbreviation
of any object within a data model resource.
Procedure
To search a data model:
- Highlight a data model in the Data Project Explorer, and
click from the tool bar menu.
- In the window that opens, click the Data Model
Search tab.
- Specify options for the search:
- Search string
- Specify the expression that you want to search. Object names,
labels, documentation, and abbreviation are searched. Use the following
wildcards to narrow the scope of the search:
- "*" matches any set of characters, including the empty string
- "?" matches for any character
- "\" is the escape for a literal; if you want to search for an
asterisk, question mark, or backslash character, type a backslash
before it to indicate that you are not using these characters as wildcards
(e.g., "\*", "\?", or "\\")
- Case sensitive
- Select if you want the text search to be case sensitive.
- Regular expression
- Select if you want to search using a regular expression. The regular
expression that you enter is checked for syntax errors.
- Include diagrams
- Select if you want to include diagram elements when you search.
Restriction: The workbench will only search for matches at the
table, entity, or note level. Searching for columns and attributes
is currently not supported.
You can search
for diagram elements in the following diagram types:
- Dimensional diagrams of logical and physical data models
- IE diagrams of logical and physical data models
Restriction: The workbench will only search for
the name, label, and documentation of an element. The workbench will
only search for the description of a note, shape, or copyright.
Note: The performance of the workbench might degrade if you search
for elements within large diagrams.
- Search For
- Select one or more properties for which you want to search. You
can search for strings in the Name, Label, Documentation, or Abbreviation properties of data objects.
- Scope
- Specify the scope of your search. You can search the whole workspace,
pre-defined working sets, previously selected resources, or projects
enclosing the selected resources.
- Optional: Click Replace to find a string in a data object property and replace it with another
string.
Restriction: You can only replace strings
in properties that can be searched: names, labels, documentation,
or abbreviations.
Results
The search results are listed in the Search view.
What to do next
Double-click an object that is listed in the Search view
to highlight the object in the Data Project Explorer.