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Searching for a Resource
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6 At the top of the Results portion of the window, select from the drop-down menu a limit for the
number of matches you want to see. All indicates you want to see all matches. You can limit the
results to 1, 10, 50, or 100 matches. The actual number of matches found are displayed next to this
field.
7 Click the Query button to initiate the search. The results are displayed in the bottom portion of the
window. The list becomes a scrolling list if the number of results requires it.
For each match, the results display the following:
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Resource ID : A unique internal number provided by the EPICenter software. This may be useful
to distinguish between resources if you happen to have created several resources with the same
name.
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Resource Name : The name of the resource.
■
Path : The path through the Group hierarchy to the location of the resource.
Note that an individual resource (i.e., the same Name and ID) may appear multiple times in this list
if it is a child of multiple groups.
Once the list is complete, you can select resources in the Results list and take actions, depending on
how you initiated the Find function. The buttons at the bottom of the window are slightly different
depending on where you initiated the Find. See the following sections, “
Searching from the Main
Toolbar ,” and “ Searching from the Add Resources or Add Relationship Window ,” on page 242 , for
details on how you can use the results of the search.
Searching from the Main Toolbar
When you initiate a search from the Main Toolbar, you can use the results to determine where a
resource is used—i.e., to find out what groups it belongs to. Since a resource can be a child of multiple
groups, this lets you identify all the parents of a particular resource. In particular, before you delete a
resource from the EPICenter database, you may want to make sure that you know all the places it is
being used to avoid problems when you remove it. Once you find a resource using the Find function
from the main toolbar, you can remove instances of the resource directly from the Find window.
Setting up a search is the same regardless of where you initiate the Find function. This is describe in the
section “
Setting up a Resource Search ,” on page 239 .
To remove resources you have identified with the Search function, do the following:
1 Select and highlight the resource or resources you want to remove.
You can double-click on the resource and its location is highlighted in the Component Tree.
2 Click the Remove button to remove those resources from the locations specified in the Results
entries you’ve selected.
The results list may present multiple entries for a given resource, if the resource is a child of multiple
groups. You can remove a resource from specific groups on an individual basis without removing it
from the EPICenter database.
The Remove function is subject to the same restrictions as removing resource children through the
Resource Details window. If the resource is a system or imported resource (its source is EPICenter, a
file, LDAP database etc.) you cannot remove the resource from it’s “home” group—the group in which
it was initially created. If the function is a user-defined resource (source is “Manual”), removing it from
all groups deletes it from the EPICenter database.
When you are finished, click the OK button to close the window.