Use the scope path to limit the search

The scope path is at the top of the Search tool.

The scope path shows where the Search tool looks for data items. You can use the scope path to limit the scope of a search. For example, you can limit a search to a particular PI AF server or a particular database on that server, or a particular element within that database. As you navigate a PI AF server hierarchy in the scope path, the results pane updates to show any attributes directly under the currently selected scope path.

In the scope path:

• Select Home to navigate to the Home node. At the Home node, the browse pane shows all the Data Archive servers and PI AF servers listed in Connection Manager. You cannot search at the Home node. The broadest scope for searching is either a single Data Archive server or single PI AF server.

• Select the arrow next to Home, and then select a particular server to reset the scope to that server.

• Select the server to reset the scope to that entire server.

• Select the arrow next to a PI AF server, and then select a particular database to reset the scope to that database.

• Select the database to reset the scope to the entire database.

• Select the arrow next to the database, and then select a particular element to reset the scope to that element.

• Select an element to reset the scope to the entire element.

• Select the arrow next to an element, and then select a subelement or attribute to reset the scope to that subelement or attribute.

• Select a parent attribute to reset the scope to all its subattributes.

• Select the arrow next to a parent attribute and select a particular subattribute to reset the scope to that subattribute.