Standard DB Browse Dialogue

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A standard dialogue is used for several tasks where a DB reference is to be set. The dialogue enables the user to navigate the relevant parts of the database hierarchy as well as search for items by a text search. When the OK button is clicked, the reference to the selected item will be returned to the UI component from which the dialogue was called.

In the Database Tree tab only relevant parts of the database for the current context is shown. In case the user is supposed to select a certain kind of element, only this kind of element together with necessary hierarchy elements will be shown.

Using the Search tab, it is possible to make a text search in the database.

In case the user has selected a hierarchy node in the Database Tree tab, the search will be limited within that part of the hierarchy. The current search scope can be seen after the Search in label above the text criteria field.

The text criteria should be keyed into the criteria field. This will be matched against a concatenation of the Name and Description attributes as the search is being carried out. In case no wildcard characters are used, only items with a whole word matching the criteria will be found. In case more than one word is entered, this will be considered as a complete string to be matched. This means that if you want to find a string that contains two or more words which might be separated by other words, you will have to use asterisks in between (see wildcards below).

The asterisk (*) character can be used as a wildcard denominator. Asterisks can be placed before (e.g. *A3), after (e.g. A3*) or in between (e.g. system*spec). This can also be combined (e.g. *A3*).

Note:

The search is not case sensitive.