Find

The tab allows search in Asset Management for individual objects by the text they contain.

Text to find - enter the text you want to search for.

Tip:
You can use the "*" character instead of any section of text. The asterisk represents any number of arbitrary characters.
Whole text only - turn on if you want to search only for exactly the text you specify.
If the option is turned off, the program automatically adds the character "*" before and after the search word - so the searched text is also searched within other text. Otherwise, the text is searched for exactly as it is entered, and the "*" character performs the same function.
Search in
- Object names
- Property values
- Note text - message field in object logs for records of type Note
- Object log (object history, property changes) - message field in object log for the following two record types:
  - Object History
  - Information (records in the form 'Property "V" was changed from "X" to "Y" or 'Property "V" was removed (original value "X")
- System objects (bin, object templates, discarded assets, ...)
- For example, to find a computer in the tree by its name, just search the object names because the object representing the computer is named after the computer. To find a computer by serial number, we have to search the property values because the serial number is written as a property of the computer object. For normal object lookups, we just need to search the object names and property values.

Note:

When searching in the object log, the following are for Record Type "information" only the sections between quotes are searched, i.e. "V", "X", "Y".

Example 1. Search text - option "full text only" is not checked

Search text	Program finds	Program does not find
32	32; 32 MB; 32 MB RAM
32*	32; 32 MB	RAM 32 MB
32	32; 32 MB; RAM 32MB

Tip:

You can keep the Found objects window open on your screen and work in the main AM Console window at the same time. You can close and reopen it with the View - Found Objects.

Tip:

Searching for equipment by inventory or serial numbers will also be greatly facilitated by a simple barcode scanner, which works by simulating the input of the corresponding numeric code from the computer keyboard when connected to the computer and reading the barcode.

To locate equipment using a barcode scanner, proceed as follows:

Select Edit - Find from the main menu, or click the mouse somewhere in the tree and press Ctrl+F. This will open the search window on the screen.
Read the barcode of the inventory number or serial number from the label on the device using a scanner. The reader enters the numeric code in the search line and presses Enter to begin searching for objects in the tree.
A window will open on the screen Found Objects with a list of found devices.

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