PowerDesigner Portal Search

You can search for PowerDesigner model objects in the PowerDesigner Portal via the Search box in the header. You cannot search external application documents. You must have at least the Read permission to find objects.

  1. Enter your search string in the search field.

    Portal - Search Field

    The following special operators are supported:

    Example Returns
    sales Objects containing the text sales.
    sales AND account (or +sales +account) Objects containing the text sales and account.
    sales AND NOT account (or +sales -account) Objects containing the text sales but not account.
    sales OR account (or sales account) Objects containing the text sales or account.
    sales~ Objects containing text like sales.
    "sales account" Objects containing the exact string sales account.
    sal?s Objects containing text such as sales or salts (? represents a single wild card character).
    sal*s Objects containing text such as sales or salaries (* represents one or more wild card characters).
  2. Click the Quick search button to display your results in the Search tab:

    Portal - Quick Search

    Click on a result line to display the object's property sheet.