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Search for Objects dialog box: Object Type searches

The Object Types tab provides a list of all existing object types in a project, thereby allowing you to search for objects when you know their type.

To search by Object Types 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 Object Types tab.

  3. By default, all the objects in the project are listed and included in the search. To search instead for only a specific object type:

    1. Select Only these types of objects.

    2. Select the check boxes for the types of objects to search for. You can select one object type or multiple types.

    3. To select all the listed object types, click Select All.

    4. To clear all the selected object types, click Clear All.

    5. After you have made your selections, you can hide all the unselected object types by selecting the Show only selected typescheck box.

  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: Search 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 Save from the File menu. You can save the search as an object 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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