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:
- Select 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:
- Object with name
- Specify the expression that you want to search. You can search
for object names, labels, documentation, and abbreviations. 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 this option if you want the text search to be case sensitive.
- Regular expression
- Select this option if you want to search using a regular expression.
The regular expression that you enter is checked for syntax errors.
- 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 an object name 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.