Design Search tab

In this tab, you enter your search criteria.

Search string
Enter the character string that you want to search for. This string represents the whole or partial name of the element on which the search is performed; this element is selected in the Limit to field.
You can use the following wildcard characters:
  • An asterisk matches one or more characters of any value.
  • A question mark matches a single character of any value.
Case sensitive
Check this box if the character string to search for is to match the case that is entered here.
Search for
Select the entities that you want to search for. You can select more than one.
Limit to
You indicate where the string entered in the Search string field is searched for. You can select only one item:
  • The instance name
  • The project in which the instances are searched for
  • The package in which the instances are searched for
  • The keywords that are entered in the instance Keywords tab
  • The keywords that are entered in the instance Keywords tab, and their synonyms that are specified in the thesaurus. If you select this item, you must enter the entire search string and select a location (because a thesaurus is defined at the location level).
  • The instance label
Location scope
You can search in all the locations of your workspace or limit the search to only one location. You must open the locations to search for the instances they contain.
Diagram scope
The diagram represents the hierarchy of the projects that are contained in the location. It is defined in the design build path wizard. You open this wizard by right-clicking a location in the Design Explorer view and selecting Properties. The notions of application domain and level (position in the diagram) are associated with each project. You can limit the search scope to some Domain and Level values that exist in the build path.

A domain groups the projects according to application criteria. You can indicate here one or more existing domains.

In a tree organization, the level implicitly corresponds to the position of a project in the tree. The root node has a level 0. The child nodes of the root have a level 1. The final leaves of the tree have the highest levels.

In a layer organization, the level is associated with each layer. The layer that groups the projects that are required by all the other projects has a level 0. The layer that groups the projects that are not required by any other project has the highest level.

You can enter here a level in the input field and select a position in relation to this level (>, >=, =, <, or <=).


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