Object Search Panel

To search for an object by name, type a search query into the search field and click enter (or click on the magnifying glass). To view more search options, click on the drop-down arrow next to the search field.

Check the boxes to search for dynamic objects only or to math the search query against object path as well as object name (the SQL Search option uses the SQL catalog to search and is explained in the section below). The Model Filter drop-down menu allows you to limit your search to a particular model or to search all model types.

The SQL search option allows you to use the SQL catalog to search for items. With this option, objects can be searched for by their property value. The search string is structured like a SQL statement, however, the system database table ‘properties’ is automatically queried and appended to the beginning of the SQL statement. Therefore, the search statement need only include the property code or path and the value for the property.

As an example, a search of the ObjectName property can be entered as: code IS 1 AND value IS 'FC4711' Where '1' is the property code for the ObjectName property. The result of the search is shown below:

The same can be done using the property path as a key, where the SQL query is written: path IS '.ObjectName' AND value IS 'FC4711'

To search for items that are configured to store raw history values (StorageStrategy has property code 154) the following statement can be used: code IS 154 AND value IS 1 The property value for Raw Storage is 1. All objects for which raw history data is archived will be returned.

The property codes for each object are available on this page.

The search query is returned as a table of objects with further information about the objects such as Path and Object Type returned in corresponding columns (the columns visible can be configured by pressing the column selection item in the top right corner of the table). The returned search results can be further refined using the grid-filter options at the top of each column. Every executed search renews the list of available objects, replacing the old search results. However, objects can be moved to the Bookmarked Objects area to preserve them while executing consecutive searches. To do this double click the desired objects in the list, moving them to the bookmarked objects list. Alternatively you can also drag-and-drop from the available objects list or click on the cross icon. To bookmark multiple objects at once, select the objects in the list and click the cross icon in the bottom right of the Available Objects area. To bookmark all search results click the Add List icon just below the cross icon. Delete items from the Available Objects panel by clicking the Trash icon.

As previously mentioned, objects that have been added to the bookmarked objects list stay there even when a new search is executed. Bookmarked objects can be removed from the list by double clicking the object. This will move the clicked object back to the available objects list. Alternatively you can also drag-and-drop from the bookmarked objects list or use the Remove From Bookmarked button in the bottom-right of the window.

New displays can be opened from the Bookmarked Objects area by choosing the display type from the drop-down menu and pressing New. This will open the selected display type using the objects in the bookmarked objects area. The display can also be named prior to opening by typing a name into the Display Name field.

Objects can also be added to existing displays from the both the Available Objects and Bookmarked Objects area by selecting, then dragging and dropping into the target display (see example below).