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 strings.
About this task
Using the Data Model Search page, you can search for text
that is contained in the name, label, or description 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:
- Object with name
- Specify the expression that you want to search. Object names,
labels, and documentation 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.
- 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: Although the replace function will
show objects with object names, labels, or documentation strings that
match the search string, you can only replace object name strings.
Results
The search results are listed in the Eclipse Search view.
What to do next
Double-click an object that is listed in the Eclipse Search
view to highlight the object in the Data Project Explorer.