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"To search for signals" below
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"To filter signals" below
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"To reset filters" on page 50
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"To sort signals per column in the Variable Explorer" on page 50
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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
listed 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 127.
Do the following:
For search queries, take the following rules into account:
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 46.
To filter signals
In the Variable Explorer, there are temporarily different locations to define fil-
ters. Depending on the availability of metadata in a measure file, you have
more or less options to filter the variables list.
You can perform the following actions:
Filtering in columns
To see how you can select the relevant signals and assign these to the desired
instrument, watch our video
MDA V8.6 – User Guide
1. Bring the focus to the search field window.
2. Enter your search string.
The search is not case-sensitive; it finds data, even if the cap-
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italization in the text is different from the capitalization in the
search term.
You can use the ? and * characters as wildcards in your search
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string.
By default, the search string is appended to the "*" wildcard in the
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search field. 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
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between the search and the filters of the other columns.
Selecting Signals.
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