Finding Objects

PowerDesigner lets you search for objects within all the models currently open in your workspace.

With the Find Objects dialog, you can:

  • Locate objects in the different models in the workspace and modify their properties

  • Find all the shortcuts related to a given object

  • Reuse objects from one model to another

Note:

Once you have started the Find Objects process, you can stop it at any time by clicking the Stop button in the Find Object dialog box.

  1. Select Edit > Find Objects to open the Find Objects dialog box.
  2. Specify the appropriate parameters on the following tabs:

    • Name and Location - to search on the name and/or location of PowerDesigner objects.

    • User and Date - to search on the user and/or date of creation/modification of PowerDesigner objects.

    • Advanced - to search on other criteria.

    For detailed information about these tabs, see Find object parameters.

  3. Click the Find Now button.

    The Find Object dialog box remains open, displaying messages in the Output pane, until the end of the process, when the Result List displays the result:



Parent topic: Objects