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Search Page

Overview

This article applies to P2 Explorer version 4.5.4 and later. For more, see Release History. 

The Search page gives you the option to search pages and trends by name, as well as tags by name and description.

 Watch the video below [1:05] to see search in action. Note how you can search for tags using Wildcard filtering.

Note: The search is limited to the first 150 results.

Changing Search Tabs

When you change tabs, the text in the search box is unchanged and there is no need to click the search button again.

Pages Trends Tags

Clearing a Search

Click the little X in the Search box to clear the search results and the search box.

Searching with Wildcard Filtering

All search functions in Explorer now have wildcard filtering capabilities for tags and entities, allowing you to search for patterns, as an alternative to the regular simple text match.

For the search page, this means you can search for tag names and descriptions using wildcard symbols.

Note: If you use any wildcards in your search phrase an exact match search type will be performed. This means all missing characters in the search term must be replaced by a wildcard symbol.

Using Asterisks

Use an asterisks (*) at any position in the search text, to search for patterns that contain one or more alpha-numeric values.

The asterisk can be used in place of one, none or multiple missing characters, and must be inserted everywhere characters are missing.

Search results match the search term text that is before or after the asterisks.

For example the search term :

  • ‘*900’ will return search results ending in ‘900’ (such as 12350900, ‘ABC900’, ‘989hhh900’, etc.).
  • 'coast.201.*025*' will return results that may have other characters before and after '025'. The asterisk is required at the end of the search term when '025' is not the last three digits of the tag.
  • ‘*.pump*rate’ returns results that contain alpha-numeric values before and after ‘.pump’, that end with ‘rate’ (such as ‘Abes.PumpFlowRate’, ‘Alligator.PumpFlowRate’, etc.).

Using Question Marks

Use one or more question mark characters (?), to limit replacement text to one alpha-numeric character per question mark symbol.

Examples Using One or Both Symbols

You can also use a combination of asterisks and question marks, as shown in the table below.

Search String Valid Search Results
RT??MN RTABMN
RTW1MN
RT12MN
*99?2?4 Hello991234
ABCDEFG99H2I4
A99Z2S4
Pump*8? Pump000981
PumpXYZ12383
Pump8888880

Searching

Once you have your search page open, you can search for pages, trends or tags.

1. Click Search on the Home ribbon tab.

2. Type the search filter into the search box.

3. Click the Search button, or press enter.

4. Select a tab (Pages, Trends, or Tags) depending on what type of search you are doing. See details in the following sections:

 

Search for Pages

1. In the Search page, click the Pages tab.

Pages with names or descriptions matching the search criteria appear in a list in the search tab.

2. Click on a row to open that page.

  1. The Pages tab 2. The page's thumbnail 3. The page name
  4. The page's workspace 5. Last updated time and person 6. The page description
  7. Click on the row to open the page    

Related: Page Properties

 

Search for Trends

1. In the Search page, click the Trends tab.

Trends with names matching the search criteria appear in a list in the search tab.

2. Click on a row to open that trend.

  1. The Trends tab 2. The trend's thumbnail 3. The trend name
  4. The trend's workspace 5. Last updated time and person 6. The trend description
  7. Click on the row to open the trend    

 

Search for Tags

1. In the Search page, click the Tags tab.

Tags with names or descriptions matching the search criteria appear in a list in the search tab.

2. To open the Tag's Point details: Click on a row or hover over a row and click on the information icon.

To open the Tag's Point details in a background tab, middle-click on the row.

3. To open a trend for the tag: Hover over a row and click on the trend icon.

  1. The Tags tab 2. The tag name 3. The tag description
  4. Click the trend icon to open the tag's trend 5. Click the information icon, or click on a row, to open the tag's point details.  

 

Release History

  • Search Page 4.5.4 (this release)
    • Wildcard Search filtering for tags and tag descriptions.

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