Find (And Replace) In Files Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to search for and replace text in items. Depending on your process model rules, replacing text in an item may update the item revision number.

Field

Description

Rules and Guidelines

Find What

Type the text that you want to find.

Required.

Only works for text strings (not binary files).

Filenames matching

Type an item filename.

Optional.

In project directory

Type a project/stream directory. Only the directory you specify is searched.

Enter a value in one of these fields:

In Project directory

Related Request

Related Design Part 

Replace with

Type the text that you want to replace in the Find What field.

Required if you are replacing text.

Look recursively

Select to search in child project directories, design parts, or requests.

Optional.

Match case

Select to find only text with the same case as the text in the Find What field.

Optional.

Latest revision

Select to search only the latest revisions of items.

Optional.

Advanced button

Select to display more fields in the dialog box.

 

Look in Product

Select a product to search.

Required.

In files of Item Type

Select an item type to search.

Optional.

In files of Item Format

Select an item format to search.

Optional.

Comment on extract

Type a comment to add to the item when it is updated.

This field is only enabled when you select the Replace with check box.

Related Request

Type the specification of one or more requests, or click Browse to find requests. Only items related to those requests are searched.

You must enter values in at least one of these fields:

In Project directory

Related Request 

Related design part 

Related Design Part

Type the specification of one or more design parts, or click Browse to find design parts. Only items related to those design parts are searched.

You must enter values in at least one of these fields:

In Project directory

Related Request 

Related design part 

Related Topics

Searching and Replacing Text in Items