Search or Filter Objects

BlueDolphin offers a variety of ways to search for an object or display a selection. This depends on information or values you already know about the object.

Search for an object

To search for a specific object in your environment, go to the Objects tab and type in the name or any object property value in the search box. The text limit in the search box is 255 characters.

BlueDolphin returns results based on your search query for the tab you are currently on (Active or Archive).

Click one of the suggestions from the list to open that object.

To run a new search after pressing Enter, cancel the active search by clicking the cross sign x next to the search query. Otherwise, the new search will show no results in the search dropdown.

To learn more about setting the object properties, refer to the Object Properties section from the Object Definitions article.

Filter

If you want to view a subset of data, click the funnel icon below the search/text box and the system lets you choose between:

1. Value - In case you want to see the objects that are based on a specific value.

2. Related object - In case you want to see the objects that are related to a specific object.

Filter by value

BlueDolphin will offer a screen where you can select an object feature with a value. See the image below:

The screen presents the following options to add a filter:

When you add the filter, only objects that meet the filter selection are shown. Multiple filters can be added. If you use the search function next, only objects that meet the selected filters are shown.

Filter by related object

If you choose to filter objects based on the related object, the system asks you to select a specific object, after which it will show all objects related to it.

Select the object type

You can see all objects of a specific object definition or layer by clicking on it on the left side of the screen.

In the example below, there are 15 objects displayed for the Business Interface definition: