Project: Catalogue Editor

Search Function

Find catalogues and tables

The search function enables you to search for catalogues and tables as well as for contents of columns of the current table.  

Search for catalogues and tables

If you want to search for certain catalogues or tables, you need to:

1. Enter the search string in the box.  

2. Press the ENTER key or click on the icon next to the search field with the left mouse button.

The Catalogue Editor searches for catalogues and tables the fields of which contain the given string. The search is carried out from the currently marked table to the end of the catalogue structure. The catalogues and tables found will then be displayed in a result list. Double click on the entry in the result list to open the required catalogue/table directly.

In order to search the current table for certain contents of columns, you need to:

1. Enter the search string in the box.
2. You are now enabled to search in the current table for the exact string or for all contents of columns containing the string as substring.
3. Search for column entries that correspond exactly to the entered term
   Press the CTRL key and click on the icon.

• Search for column entries that contain the entered term
  Press the SHIFT key and click the icon.
• Search for Table IDs
  Press the ALT key and click the icon.

The found entries will be marked in green in the table.

Example: Search for substring - Search result

In large tables the search for column contents can be time-consuming.

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