The search bar can be used to find and filter entities in a browser.
Perform a Quick Search
Enter the Name or ID directly in the browser search bar.
Figure 1.
Entering this query
Returns this result
shell
All entities that contain
shell in their name.
"shell"
All entities with the name
shell.
shell*
All entities starting with the name
shell.
*shell
All entities ending with the name
shell.
*shell*
All entities that contain
shell in their name.
2 or "2"
All entities with the ID
2.
1-4
All entities with the IDs in range
1 to 4.
1,5,9
All entities with the IDs
1, 5 and
9.
Press Enter or click to execute the search.
Clear the search and return to the default browser view in the following
ways:
Delete the search and press Enter.
Click x.
With the cursor's focus on the search bar,
press Esc.
Tip: When the entry is alpha or alpha-numeric, the searched is performed on
the names of entities. When the entry is only numeric,
the searched is performed on the IDs of entities.
Perform an Advanced Search Using Auto-Completion
Interactively build search strings using a dynamic suggestion list.
Access the list by clicking the text field of a browser search bar.
Figure 2.
Select attributes, operators, and values to append the correct syntax to the
search string.
The search syntax follows this basic form: <attribute> <operator>
<value>. Figure 3.
Note: The attributes available in the list are the same as the current
active browser attributes (columns). If you don't see an expected attribute,
make sure the corresponding browser column is turned on.
Entering this query
Returns this result
Name~Bpillar
All entities that contain
Bpillar in their name.
Name=Bpillar
All entities with the name
Bpillar.
ID=10
All entities with an ID equal to
10.
ID!=10
All entities with an ID not equal to
10.
Entity=Components AND ID>10
Components with an ID greater than
10.
Entity=Components OR ID>10
All Components and other entities with an ID greater than
10.
ID>=10 AND ID=<20 AND
Name~Bpillar
All entities that contain
Bpillar in their name and have an ID greater
than or equal to 10 and less than or equal to
20.
Include=1 AND Material E=210000 OR Material
E=220000
Materials with E=210000 under Include1 and
Materials with E=220000 under all other
includes.
Include=1 AND (Material E=210000 OR Material
E=220000)
Materials with E=210000 and
E=220000 under Include1.
Press Enter or click to execute the search.
Clear the search and return to the default browser view in the following
ways:
Delete the search and press Enter.
Click x.
With the cursor's focus on the search bar,
press Esc.
Tip:
Press the Down Arrow key to scroll thought the list
of attributes, operators, or values.
Press Tab or
Enter to select the
attributes, operators, or values
Press Esc to dismiss the list
of attributes, operators, or values.
While searching for text with space or special characters, use quotes (“
”).
To search multiple values with a single attribute entry, use a coma after
the first value selection without a space.
Double-click on an attributes, operators, or values to invoke suggestion
list.
Access Recent Search Strings
Click the text field of a browser search bar.
Your recent searches are indicated by the icon. Figure 4.
Clicking on a recent search string auto-applies the filter and shows
the search string in the search bar.
Clicking Remove removes the selected search
string from recent history.
Note: A maximum of 5 recent searches are shown.
Remove the latest strings to see previous search
strings.
to execute the search.
icon.