Allows you to search for a specific item based on user-defined search criteria. The items that are available depend on the object from which you invoke the Find command.
Tag
Enter the tag name of an item for which you want to search. You can type an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character to find multiple characters or a question mark (?) as a wildcard character for a single character.
Equipment type
Specifies the type of item for which you want to search. When you use Find from the Reference Data Explorer, the equipment type that appears is Ref Plant Item; when you use Find from the Electrical Index or the Electrical Engineer, the equipment type that appears is Plant Item. In specific dialog boxes, where you use the Find dialog to associate items, the software displays only the equipment type appropriate for the item that you select.
Layout
If one or more layouts are defined in the EDE for the selected equipment type, you can select a specific layout to specify the property columns that appear in the list of results. If you do not specify a layout, the software displays the results using the default columns.
Properties
Show only properties that have data values
Select to filter the list of properties so that only those properties that have data values are displayed.
You can display properties alphabetically or by categories by selecting the corresponding
display mode button. Select 
to display alphabetically. Select 
to display by categories.
Property
Displays the properties of the selected equipment type.
Value
Enter the value of the property that appears in the Property box to search for items that have that value only. You can type an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character to find multiple characters or a question mark (?) as a wildcard character for a single character. If the property has values that appear in a list, select the required value from the list.
Results
Displays the search results with a list of the items that correspond to the criteria that you entered in the upper part of this dialog.
No
The sequence of the item as it appears in the list of results.
Item Tag
The tag name of the item.
Equipment Type
The equipment type to which the item belongs.
Find Now
Select to start a search of the items that correspond to the equipment type, and where relevant, the other filter criteria that you select for the search.
New Search
Select to clear all search criteria in preparation for a new search.
Results
Displays a list of the items that meet the search criteria. Highlight an item on the list and select it by doing one of the following:
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Press the ENTER key.
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Double-click the item.
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Where you are allowed to select more than one item, for example when adding typical control stations to a motor profile, press the CTRL or SHIFT keys to make multiple selections, and then select OK or Apply.
OK
Select to navigate to or select items that are highlighted in the Results window and close the Find dialog.
Cancel
Select to close the Find dialog without navigating to or selecting highlighted items. You can also press the ESCAPE key to cancel the operation.
Apply
Select to navigate to or select items that are highlighted in the Results window. This option is useful when it is possible to select more than one item and you want to do so without closing the dialog.