PowerDesigner Portal Search

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

1. Click the Search tab and (optionally) select a folder, project, or model in the explorer tree to limit the scope of your search:
   
   
   
2. Enter your search string. 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).

3. Click the Quick search button to search. Click on a result line to display the object's property sheet.

• Advanced PowerDesigner Portal Search
  You can perform searches with more complicated and multiple criteria from the Search tab. To use a saved search, click its Run button.