HP Network Direr Software Products manual Using Wildcards to Find Partial Matches

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To find items on your network from within the Find dialog box, simply select appropriate Search Criteria to locate the required items, and click the Find button. 3Com Network Director will then examine the contents of the map and list the items that match your selected search criteria in the results table.

Depending on the search type you specify in the Search by: field, the field or fields below may prompt you to enter further search criteria. In the example above, the Find dialog box is prompting you to enter a device name. This field will change to suit your requested search type. See “Finding Devices” on page 195, “Finding Links” on page 197 and, “Finding NBX Telephony Components” on page 198 for more information.

Once you have found the required items, the Find dialog box allows you to use the results table as a navigation tool and launch point for operations:

■Selecting an item in the results table also selects that item in the map and, if it is a device or subnet, in the tree. You may select multiple items in the results table in the same manner as you may select multiple items in the tree. See “Selecting Items in the Map and Tree” on page 180 for more information. To select all of the items in the results table, select a single item and then press Ctrl + A.

■Double-clicking an item in the results table enters the submap where the item is located, centers the item within the display and zooms to the item.

■Right-clicking on a selection in the results table launches the right-click menu for the selection.

Using Wildcards to Find Partial Matches

Some selections in the Search Criteria allow you to enter the value to search for. For example, if you are searching for devices by name, you may enter the name of the device to search for.

When using all such searches other than finding links by speed you may use wildcards within the entered value. Wildcards are placeholders for text that does not directly affect the search you are performing, and so allow you to specify searches such as finding all devices that include the text “switch” in their name.