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8-26 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
The Grouping Manager
4 Specify a Scope for the search from the Component Tree at the left side of Search
Criteriaarea.The scopewilllimitthesearch to thegroupyouselect,and itssubordinate
groups. By default the scope is set to the root-level group “Groups,” which means all
groups will be searched.
5 To reset all the criteria totheir defaults(<ANY>) and to clear the Attribute Criteria list,
click the Reset button at the bottom of the window.
6 At the top of the Results portion of the window, select from the drop-down menu a
limit for the number of matches you want to see. All indicates you want to see all
matches. You can limit the results to 1, 10, 50, or 100 matches. The actual number of
matches found will be displayed next to this field.
7 ClicktheQuerybuttonto initiatethesearch. The resultswill bedisplayedinthe bottom
portion of the window. The list will become a scrolling list if the number of results
requires it.
For each match, the results will display the following:
—ResourceID:a unique internal number provided by the EPICenter software. This
may be useful to distinguish between resources if you happen to have created
several resources with the same name.
— Resource Name: thenameoftheresource
—Path: the path through the Group hierarchy to the location of the resource.
Note that an individual resource (i.e. the same Name and ID) may appear multiple
times in this list if it is a child of multiple groups.
Once the list is complete, you can select resources in the Results list and take actions,
depending on how you initiated the Find function. The buttons at the bottom of the
window are slightly different depending on where you initiated the Find. See the
following sections, “Searching from the Main Toolbar,” and “Searching from the Add
Resourcesor Add Relationship Window” onpage 8-27, for detailson how youcan use the
results of the search.
Searching from the Main Toolbar
When you initiate a search from the Main Toolbar, you can use the results to determine
where aresource is used—i.e.to findout whatgroups itbelongsto.Sincearesourcecanbe
a child of multiple groups, this lets you identify all the parents of a particular resource. In
particular, before you delete a resource from the EPICenter database, you may want to
make sure that you know all the places it is being used to avoid problems when you
removeit.Onceyoufind aresourceusing the Findfunction from the main toolbar,you can
remove instances of the resource directly from the Find window.