Once the set or sets of information to search and the classes to search have been identified, the criteria to use for the search can be specified. If you do not want to use the default searches, you can use a simple search by doing one of the following:
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Specify criteria for any combination of UID, Name, and Description.
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Select an interface and then specify criteria for any combination of the properties that appear on the Find tab.
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Perform a Keyword Search by doing a simple web-style query or an advanced web-style query.
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Select a predefined named query from the Query tab.
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Select an interface to query from the Query tab and then specify a more complicated query criteria.
Simple Criteria Using Property Text Fields
On the Find tab, the simplest way to specify query criteria is to type the desired criteria in the UID, Name, or Description boxes or select an interface from the Show properties for interface list.
If criteria are specified for more than one property, then the criteria for the properties use the AND operater. For example, the following entries would result in a query to find all objects that contain “Piping” in their name and “pressure” in their description.
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Using astericks in front of and at the end of a search indicates that anything may precede or follow these letters in the name and description searches.
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Criteria specified using the text fields is treated as Like criteria.
