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Search

Search functionality is provided as a retractable pane on the left side of the Visualizer graph. You can use the following wildcard characters for searching:

• To match any one or more characters: asterisk (*) and percent sign (%)
• To match any single character: question mark (?) and underscore (_)

Note: The underscore character (_) cannot be searched for uniquely. To find a CI name string containing an underscore, use more characters in the string that includes the underscore.

Example: Search Using Strings

The following strings find nodes with docu as the first string in the node CI attributes (name, family, class, and status):

docu* or docu%

The input string is matched with CI name, family, and so on. If the string is matched with any of these attributes, then those nodes are the result. You can also multi-select from resulting nodes that display in table format.

The Search pane also provides searches using CI Name and additional sets of search criteria, with each group represented as a collapsible window.