For Outline Editor, Outline Viewer, Calculation Script Editor, Formula Editor, Report Editor, and Filter Editor, you use the Find Members dialog box to find items that are associated with a specified character string. Your search results are displayed on the Find Results tab.
In the “Search for” box, you enter (type or paste) the character string that you want to find. As you enter your text, keep the following in mind:
For Outline Viewer, Calculation Script Editor, Formula Editor, Report Editor, and Filter Editor, only instances of the search string as a whole word (the search string enclosed in blanks) are returned. To find all instances that contain a search string, use the * and ? wildcards.
For Outline Editor, all instances that contain the search string are returned. To search for a string as a whole word, select the “Match word only” option. Wildcards cannot be used for Outline Editor.
When searching for members in duplicate member name outlines, you need not enter the qualified member name. The search finds all members that match the search string.
When searching for members in duplicate member name outlines, be very careful. Searching by alias name is not supported for an alias name that matches a member name for which it is not an alias. Incorrect results are displayed, and a message that says that the name is ambiguous is returned.
After you enter your text, you select the “Match text in option” and specify the type of information to be searched:
Member names
Formulas—Available only in Outline Editor
UDAs—Available only in Outline Editor
If you want to direct your search, select one or more of the following options:
Match words only—Used only with Outline Editor. For example, if the option is selected, in Sample Basic, the search string “100” returns only the 100 member. If the option is cleared, the search string “100” returns all members that contain “100,” such as 100, 100–10, 100–20, 100–20 (shared member), and Large_210000000.
Match case—Select the option to restrict the search to the case of the search string.
Select dimensions—In the list, select a dimension to search only within the selected dimension.
Select alias tables—In the list, select an alias table to include a specified alias table or all alias tables. By default, searches do not include alias tables.