Creating Complex Object Selection Criteria

  

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When you click the Advanced on the String Extraction window, the Select Objects to Extract Strings from window displays. This enables you to create complex selection criteria to add objects to the current list. You fill in some, or all of the object selection criteria and click Process. A selection of PROIV objects is made, and objects matching the criteria are added to the list. You can repeat this process many times until the selection is complete.

Item

Description

Project Name

Select only objects that have history (booking, import, restore, etc.) logged against this project.

All Project Objects

If you set this then the selection will ignore booking dates.

Booked In After / Booked Out After

Select objects that have the matching booking dates.

Booked In Objects Only / Ignore Booking Status

Select objects that are not booked out, or ignore booking.

List Name

Base the selection on a Saved List or a Work List. You can toggle between list types using the graphic, then select the required list.

Object Type

Select objects of one type only

Function Type

If the Object Type criterion is set to Function this field is enabled, and allows selection based on function type.

Object Name

If the Object Type criterion is used this field is enabled, and allows selection of one object.

Security Category

Select objects that have a matching security category.

Word Search

Enter a string to select objects that have a matching string (ignoring case) in their name, description or security category.

Process

All entered criteria are compared against objects, and any matches are added to the list. All entered criteria must be satisfied to give a match. For instance, if an object is in an entered list, and its security category is the same as the entered one, but the object type is not the same, then there is not a match, and the object will not be added

Delete

Delete the selected objects from the list.

Delete All

Click to delete all objects from the list. The list is not deleted only the contents.

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