Design Filters wizard
In this wizard, you set filters to limit the amount of data that is displayed in the Design Explorer view.
Context
The context can be defined by a project, a domain, or a project level in the hierarchical diagram. This diagram 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.
- Project
- Click this button to define the context as a particular project. Then, select a project.
You can filter the results by selecting a project in the Context field and by clicking one of the buttons that represent a hierarchic view of the projects in the design build path. Context only is selected by default. It means that only the instances that are found in the selected project are displayed. However, you can select another hierarchy (upper, lower, or whole) to display the instances that are found in the selected project and in the projects that are hierarchically higher or lower, or in all the projects of the hierarchy.
- Domain
- Click this button to refer to a domain, then select a domain.
A domain groups the projects according to application criteria. You can indicate one or more existing domains.
- Level
- Click this radio button to set a project level in the hierarchical diagram. The root is level 0. The child projects of the root are level 1. You can select a position in relation to this level (>, >=, =, <, or <=).
Filters
Select the intrinsic characteristics of the instances to be filtered.
- Name patterns
- You can specify a filtering mask on the instances name. To do so, enter a string in this field. The * character means any string and the ? character means all characters. Only the instances whose names match the entered criteria will be displayed.
- Case sensitive
- Check this box if you want the filter to be case-sensitive.
- Select the folders
- Select the entities that you want to filter.
Visible items
- Limit the maximum number of visible items
- By default, the option is selected. So, the number of instances
that are displayed in a branch of the tree in the Design
Explorer view or in the result view of a search cannot
exceed the number that is indicated in the entry field of this filter.
The total number of instances in the branch will be indicated between parentheses on the branch line. However, the instances that are beyond the maximum number will not be displayed under the branch.
- Show alert when the number of instances exceeds the maximum
- By default, the option is selected. A message box will then be displayed if you expand a branch
that contains more instances than the maximum number that is indicated.
In this box, you will be able to modify this maximum number.