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ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-25
Searching for a Resource
— The asterisk character * used by itself.
— Ablankfield.
— For Resource Name, Resource Description, and Resource Source, enter a string to
specify the value you want to match. You can specify a partial match using the
wildcard characters * and ?.
— An * indicates a wildcard match of unspecified length. Specifying a Resource
Nameas“A*n”willfind allResources whosenames start with“A” andend with
“n.” This would include Ann, Alan, Allen, Allison, and so on. Using the * by
itself is the same as specifying <ANY>.
— A ? indicates a single character wildcard. Specifying a Resource Name as “A?n”
will find all Resources whose name start with “A”, and with “n” and having
exactly one character in between. This would include Ann and Ayn, but not
Alan, Allen or Allison.
— For Resource Type, select a specific type from the drop-down menu, or use <ANY>
to match on all types.
The values you enter into the search criteria fields are combined using a
Boolean AND. This means a resource must match all the criteria you specify in
these fields in order be included in the search results.
3 Enter any attribute specifications you want to use as search criteria. The process is
similar to that used to add attributes to a resource.A resourcewillmatch the queryif it
matches any of the attributes specified in this section:
a Enter anattribute name or a partial name using the * and ? wildcard characters.
b Select an attribute type from the drop-downlist in the Type field, orselect <ANY>
to match all attribute types.
c Enter a value you want to match, or a partial match using the * and ?wildcard
characters.
d Click the Add Attribute button, , to add the attributespecification to the
Attribute Criteria list.
e To remove an attribute search criteria you’ve
added to the Attribute Criteria list, select
the attribute and click the Remove Attribute button .
Attributes used as search criteria are combined using a Boolean OR. This
means that a resource that matches all the criteria specified in search criteria
fields (in the top part of the window) and that matches any one (or more) of the
attribute criteria, will be included in the search results.