Find a tag or a text string

Follow these steps to find a specific tag, tag reference or text string within specific product component types and locations.
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Searching for a tag will also find text strings in other components that refer to that tag.
To find a tag or a text string
  1. Open the Find dialog box.
    From the tool bar, click Find tool, or select
    Find
    from the
    Tools
     menu.
  2. Type the text string in Find what, or identify the tag to search for.
    1. Click the browse button (Browse button) next to
      Find what
      .
    2. From the
      Tag Browser
       window, navigate to the correct folder in the left pane, and then select the tag in the right pane.
    3. Click
      OK
       to save the selection and close the browser.
    You can click the down arrow in this field to select from previous searches.
  3. If needed, identify the type of product components to search in Find within.
    1. Click the browse button (Browse button) next to
      Find within
      .
    2. From the
      Find within
       dialog box, select the product component types to be searched.
    3. Click
      OK
       to save the selection and close the dialog box.
    All components are selected by default.
  4. If you are using a network distributed application, identify the HMI servers of the search in Find where.
    1. Click the browse button (Browse button) next to
      Find where
      .
    2. From the Find where dialog box, select the specific HMI servers to be searched.
    3. Click
      OK
      to save the selection and close the dialog box.
    All servers are selected by default.
  5. Identify the word search limitations in
    Find Options.
  6. Select the
    Direction
    in which to search. Components are searched according to the defined search order.
  7. Click the
    Find Next
     button. The location of the found tag, or text string is shown in
    Found item
    .
    Click the
    Find All
     button to show a spreadsheet of all occurrences of the search string, or tag.
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