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=== Find dialog ===
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{{Release||4.6|Alternatively, you can search for a variable or other user-defined object by its identifier or by title.}}{{Release|5.0||Alternatively, you can search for an object by matching text in any of several attributes.}}
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{{Release||4.6|Alternatively, you can search for a variable or other user-defined object by its identifier or by title using the Find dialog.}}{{Release|5.0||Alternatively, you can search for an object containing the text in any of several attributes using the Find dialog.}}
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# Optionally, if you see the identifier or title of the object you want to search for -- for example, in the definition of another variable, select that text.
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# Optionally, select the identifier or other text you want to search for in a Definition or any attribute.
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# Select '''Find''' from the [[Object menu]] or press ''Control+f ''to open the [[Find dialog]]:   
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# {{Release||4.6| select the ''Find''' option on from the [[Object menu]]}}{{Release|5.0|| Click the '''Find''' icon on the [[Toolbar]]}} or press ''Control+f '', to open the [[Find dialog]]:   
 
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#: {{Release||4.6|[[image:Chapter19_11.png]]}}{{Release|5.0||[[image:Find_Dialog.png]]}}
 
# If you selected some text, it will appear in the dialog as the search text. If not, type in the identifier or {{Release||4.6|title of the object}}{{Release|5.0||text}} you want to search for. You can enter a partial name, such as 'down' for 'Down payment.' {{Release|5.0||For more advanced searches, you can even use regular expressions.}}
 
# If you selected some text, it will appear in the dialog as the search text. If not, type in the identifier or {{Release||4.6|title of the object}}{{Release|5.0||text}} you want to search for. You can enter a partial name, such as 'down' for 'Down payment.' {{Release|5.0||For more advanced searches, you can even use regular expressions.}}
 
# Select the attribute to search{{Release||4.6|, '''''Identifier''''' or '''''Title'''''.}}{{Release|5.0|| within, '''''Identifier''''', '''''Title''''', '''''Description''''', '''''Definition''''', etc., or select '''''All text attributes''''' to search in all.}}
 
# Select the attribute to search{{Release||4.6|, '''''Identifier''''' or '''''Title'''''.}}{{Release|5.0|| within, '''''Identifier''''', '''''Title''''', '''''Description''''', '''''Definition''''', etc., or select '''''All text attributes''''' to search in all.}}
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# Click the '''Find''' button to jump to the first matching object{{Release|5.0||, or select '''List''' to jump to a list of matching objects}}.
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# Click the '''Find''' button to jump to the find matching object{{Release|5.0||, select '''List''' to jump to a list of matching objects, or select '''wiki''' to open the Analytica wiki in a browser window and search it for the text}}.
  
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If it finds a matching object{{Release|5.0|| when you use the '''Find''' button}}, it shows the node selected in its parent [[Diagram window]]. If you enter a partial name, it might find multiple matches. In that case, it jumps to the first match. To cycle though all the matches, select '''Find Next''' from the [[Object menu]] or press ''Control+g''.
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{{Release|5.0||When you use the '''Find''' button, }} If it finds a matching object, it shows the node selected in its parent [[Diagram window]]. If you enter a partial name, it might find multiple matches. In that case, it jumps to the first match. To cycle though all the matches, select '''Find Next''' from the [[Object menu]] or press ''Control+g''.
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
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* [[Find Dialog]]{{Release|5.0||
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* [[Find Dialog]]
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* [[Regular expressions]]}}
 
 
* [[Object Finder dialog]]
 
* [[Object Finder dialog]]
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* [[FindObjects]]  A powerful function to find objects with specified class, attributes, and more.
 
* [[The Outline window]]
 
* [[The Outline window]]
 
* [[Objects and Values]]
 
* [[Objects and Values]]

Latest revision as of 20:44, 12 October 2019

Analytica User GuideWorking with Large ModelsFind variables and other objects



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Find object from its identifier

To find an object when you see its identifier in a Definition or other attribute, select the identifier (double-click on it), and select Find Selection from the Object menu or just press Control+h.

Find dialog

Alternatively, you can search for an object containing the text in any of several attributes using the Find dialog.

  1. Optionally, select the identifier or other text you want to search for in a Definition or any attribute.
  2. Click the Find icon on the Toolbar or press Control+f , to open the Find dialog:
    Find Dialog.png
  3. If you selected some text, it will appear in the dialog as the search text. If not, type in the identifier or text you want to search for. You can enter a partial name, such as 'down' for 'Down payment.' For more advanced searches, you can even use regular expressions.
  4. Select the attribute to search within, Identifier, Title, Description, Definition, etc., or select All text attributes to search in all.
  5. Click the Find button to jump to the find matching object, select List to jump to a list of matching objects, or select wiki to open the Analytica wiki in a browser window and search it for the text.

When you use the Find button, If it finds a matching object, it shows the node selected in its parent Diagram window. If you enter a partial name, it might find multiple matches. In that case, it jumps to the first match. To cycle though all the matches, select Find Next from the Object menu or press Control+g.

See Also


Outline windowFind variables and other objectsManage attributes
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