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You can perform the following actions:
"To search for signals" below
"To filter signals" below
"To reset filters" on page98
"To sort signals per column in the Variable Explorer" on page98
To search for signals
If you perform a search in the Variable Explorer, only the Display Name column is
used for the search. The search is executed for all signals that are currently lis-
ted in the Variable Explorer.
If you perform a search in a category, only entries matching the search criteria
are shown in the category list.
If you perform a search in the Configuration Manager, the search is executed for
signals already being in use and assigned to an instrument. For more information,
see "Searching within the Configuration" on page29.
Do the following:
1. Bring the focus to the search box window.
2. Enter your search string.
For search queries, take the following rules into account:
The search is not case-sensitive; it finds data, even if the capitalization in
the text is different from the capitalization in the search term.
You can use the ? and * characters as wildcards in your search string.
By default, the search string is appended to the "*" wildcard in the search
box. If you want to search for data starting with a specific string, position
the cursor in front of this wildcard.
If you have additionally used filters, a logical AND is applied between the
search and the filters of the other columns.
The matching search string is highlighted in the Display Name column. If this
column is currently not displayed, unhide the column. For more information, see
"To show or hide columns" on page94.
To filter signals
In the Variable Explorer, there are temporarily different locations to define filters.
Depending on the availability of metadata in a measure file, you have more or less
options to filter the variables list.
To see how you can select the relevant signals and assign these to the desired
instrument, watch our video Selecting Signals.
You can perform the following actions:
Filtering in columns
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