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Search for Objects dialog box: Date searches

The Date tab offers several time-interval search criteria, allowing you to search for objects when you know the time interval during which they were created or last modified.

To search by Date criteria

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To search either application objects or public objects, from the Tools menu, choose Search for Objects.

    • To search for configuration objects, from the Administration menu, select Search for Configuration Objects.

    • The Search for Objects dialog box opens.

  2. Click the Date tab.

  3. By default, All Objects is selected, which will return a list of all objects in the project (regardless of creation or modification dates). To search by date:

    1. Select the Find all objects check box.

    2. By default, the search is performed according to the modification date. To use the creation date instead, select Created from the drop-down list.

    3. Select one of the following:

    4. To search for an object that was modified or created during a specific time interval:

    • Select between.

    • Type the begin date in the first date field, or select a date from the calendar by clicking the down-down button to open the calendar and then clicking the date in the calendar.

    • Type the end date in the first date field, or select a date from the calendar by clicking the down-down button to open the calendar and then clicking the date in the calendar.

    • To search for an object that was either modified or created a specific number of days before the current date:

      • Select during the previous days.

      • Type the number of days in the daysfield.

    • To search for an object that was either modified or created a specific number of months before the current date:

      • Select during the previous months.

      • Type the number of months in the monthsfield.

  4. A search can contain multiple criteria. For example, you can search for objects based on their owner, type, last modification date, and primary language. Using more criteria in your search can help restrict the number of results that are returned. For instructions to add other criteria to your search, see:

  5. Click Find Now to execute the search based on the parameters that you have entered. The search results are listed at the bottom of the dialog box.

  6. You can customize the results window by selecting which columns are displayed in the results window, whether or not to display hidden objects, whether or not to display managed objects, and whether or not to resolve shortcuts to their target objects. For instructions, see Search for Objects dialog box: Options.

    Customizing the results window is not available for configuration object searches.

  7. You can:

    • Right-click any of the objects in the results window and, depending upon the object, you can choose to edit, rename, delete, or translate the object. You may also be able to search for dependents, search for components, or view the properties of the object.

    • Save the search results as a MicroStrategy object, which allows you to use the search results in creating prompts and other objects.

    • To do this, select Savefrom theFilemenu. You can save the search for application and public object searches only.

    • Save the search results to a text file, which is one way to keep track of changes to a project. For details about the information that is saved in the text file, see Saving a search to a text file.

    • To do this, select Export to Text from the Tools menu. The text file is saved by default to C:\Program Files\MicroStrategy\Desktop\SearchResult_<date and timestamp>.txt, where <date and timestamp> is the day and time when the search was saved. For example, SearchResult_022624152554.txt was saved on February 26, 2024, at 15:25:54, or 3:35 PM.

    • Create and print HTML pages containing information such as properties and definitions about the selected objects. Project documentation is available for application and public object searches only.

      • To do this, select Project Documentation from the Tools menu.

  8. You can clear all fields from all search tabs, which allows you to begin creating another search. To do this, click New Search, and then click OK at the prompt.

  9. To exit the Search for Objects dialog box, select Close from the File menu. If you have not saved the search results, you are prompted to do so.

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