Chapter 5 Managing Repository Documents

Starting the Find Objects process

When you have defined the find parameters you can start the find process.

To start the Find Objects process:

1. Select Repository→Find Objects.
   
   or
   
   Right-click a node in the repository browser and select Find Objects.
   
   The Find Objects dialog box opens to the Name & Location page.
2. Define find parameters in the different pages of the dialog box.
3. Click the Find Now button.
   
   The Find process messages are displayed in the Output window in the lower part of the PowerDesigner window.
   
   
      Stopping the Find Objects process
   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.
   
   
   
   The Find Objects dialog box remains open until the end of the process, then it is closed and the Result List displays the result.
   

If you right-click an object in the Result list you can select:

• Properties: to display the properties of the found objects
• Extract model: to extract the model containing the found object

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