Find Dialog Box

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager

You can use the Find dialog box, which is accessed by clicking Find in the Application Manager ribbon, to search for data in Application Catalog tables.

Note:This search is limited to string type columns.

The tables that are searched depend upon what is selected when the Find dialog box is opened:

Search Options
If you select...	and specify these options...	this will be searched
Group	All Tables and All Columns	All tables and all columns in all of the Packages in the selected Group
Package	All Tables and All Columns	All tables and all columns in the selected Package
Package	A Table and All Columns	All columns of a specific table in the selected Package
Package	A Table and a Column	A specific column in a specific table in the selected Package

Also, if you want to search for a partial match rather than an exact match, you can use the Partial Match option on the Find dialog box.

The Find dialog box can be accessed in several ways:

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Click Find in the Application Manager ribbon.

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Press Ctrl + F.

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Right-click on the node in the tree (Group, Application, MSI Package, App-V Package, etc.) that you want to search, and select Find on the shortcut menu.

The Find dialog box contains the following fields and buttons:

Find Dialog Box Properties

Properties

Description

Find What

Enter the text that you want to search for.

Look In Table

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If a package was selected when the Find dialog box was opened, all of the tables in that package are listed. Select the table that you would like to search, or select <All Tables>. When you select a table from this list, the Look In Columns list is populated with all of the columns in that table.

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If a group is selected when you opened the Find dialog box, <All Tables> is the only option listed.

Look In Columns

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If you selected a table from the Look in Table list, all of the columns in that table are listed. Select the column that you would like to search, or select <All Columns>.

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If a group was selected when you opened the Find dialog box, <All Columns> is the only option listed.

Partial Match

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If this option is not selected, Application Manager will search for an exact match of the text you entered in the Find What text box. The search will be case sensitive.

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If this option is selected, then Application Manager will use appropriate wild card characters so that a partial data match is performed. The search will be case insensitive.

Find Button

Click to initiate the search. The Find dialog box will close, and the data that is found is displayed in the Search Results tab of the Output Window, in the following format:

If you double click on this data, Application Manager will navigate to the appropriate record in the Tables View, and that record will be highlighted in red.