About search results

After you enter a search string, a search is conducted over the entire navigation model of the running ViewApp. The search results appear in a two column list containing all navigation items that match the search string. The first column displays the navigation item name and Title as <Name (Title)>). The second column displays the path of the item in the navigation model. Highlighting identifies the portion of the item name or path that matches the search string.

If the NavTree control is configured to show alarm propagation states, the aggregate alarm count by priority appears in the search results beneath each navigation item containing active alarms.

You can change the column widths by draqging the vertical line that separates the columns. Placing the mouse cursor directly over the path shown in the search results list shows the complete path in a tooltip.

Selecting an item from the search results shows its content in the running ViewApp. The NavTree control shows the item you selected.

Alarm Status in the Search Results List

The NavTree control includes the Show Alarms property to show or hide aggregated alarm counts by priority for all items of a ViewApp navigation model. The default selected value of the Show Alarms property shows an adorner or alarm border beneath a navigation item in the search results list whose path has active alarms.

The physical appearance of an alarm adorner in the search results list provides more information about the alarm

• If the color of the alarm border is opaque (solid), the alarm is on the selected (local) object. If the color of the alarm indicator has some transparency, the alarm is on a contained object.

• If enabled, the severity (S1 to S4) and status of the alarm (UNACK_ALM, UNACK_RTN, ACK_ALM) is shown graphically, along with a count for each alarm severity that has been enabled.

• The color of the blinking line beneath the navigation item name indicates the highest-severity (most urgent) alarm.

For more information about the meaning of the physical appearance of an alarm border, see Aggregated alarm display in OMI ViewApp navigation.

Clear Search Results

You can hide the search results list during runtime by clearing the search string from the search entry field.

• Backspace over the search string

• Press the Esc key

• Select the Clear button at the right of the search entry field.

After clearing the search string from the entry field, the search results list disappears and the navigation model appears again.