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Designer Studio — Search

The Designer Studio provides full-text search for non-deprecated rules, data objects and the help system. You can search help system topics at any time. Searching for rules or data depends on system-maintained index files.

Performing a Search

To start a search:

Viewing matches

Matching results are organized by record type and then by name. Each result in the list may identify one or more rule versions with the same name:

Filtering results

Use the following drop-down lists to control how results are displayed:

Menu

Option

Result

Result type Rules Only return instances of classes derived from the Rule– base class.
Data Only return instances of classes derived from the Data– base class.
Rules and Data Return results for all record types.
Help Topics Only return topics available in the Pega PlatformHelp System.

Search Type

Name Evaluate the pyRuleName property for Rule– instances, the pxInsName for Data– instances, and Help topic titles when looking for a match.
All Content In addition to record names and help topic titles, evaluate record data (XML) and bodies of help topics when looking for match.
Match Criteria Contains Return results based on words that match any part of for the entered term(s), including in the middle of words.
Starts With Return results based on words that begin with the entered term(s).
Exact Match Return results based on words that exactly match the entered term(s).
Scope My Current Application Only evaluate records in your current application when looking for a match.
All Applications Evaluate records in your entire application stack when looking for a match.

Viewing all results

The initial results display the highest ranked matches, up to 50 results. Click Show all results in new window to open the list of all matches in a new window. Records are organized by type, name, and class.

Advanced Searches

The search capability is implemented using robust, fault-tolerant Elasticsearch technology for use in distributed environments. Elasticsearch will detect and remove failed nodes in a cluster, automatically replicating and reorganizing nodes as needed.

To take advantage of Elasticsearch distributed architecture, multiple nodes should be configured to host Elasticsearch index files. See Full text search.

The search terms entered are converted into the appropriate Elasticsearch query syntax based on the search method chosen. You can enter more advanced Elasticsearch query syntax to perform complex searches.

The following general rules apply to searches:

Entered Text

Search Method

Syntax Sent To Elasticsearch

Match Returned If...

abc Exact Match abc Exact word abc exists in searched text.
abc Starts With abc* One or more words beginning with abc exist in searched text.
abc Contains *abc* One or more words containing abc exist in searched text.
abc def Exact Match abc def Exact phraseabc def exists in searched text.
abc def Starts With abc def* One or more phrases starting with the exact word abc followed by a word starting with def exists in searched text.
abc def Contains *abc def* The string abc def exists anywhere in searched text.
“abc:01-01-01” Any abc:01-01-01 Exact wordabc:01-01-01 exists in searched text.
abc\:def Exact Match abc\:def Exact wordabc:01-01-01 exists in searched text.
abc\:def Starts With abc\:def* One or more words beginning with abc:def exist in searched text.
abc\:def Contains *abc\:def* One or more words containing abc:def exists in searched text.
abc OR def Exact Match abc OR def Either the exact word abcor the exact word def exists in searched text.
abc* OR *def* Exact Match abc* OR *def* Either one or more words beginning with abcor one or more words containing def exists in searched text.
abc AND def Exact Match abc AND def Both the exact word abcand the exact word def exists in searched text.
abc AND def Exact Match abc* AND def* Both one or more words beginning with abcand one or more words beginning with def exists in searched text.
(+abc* *def*) NOT ghi* Any (+abc* *def*) NOT ghi* One or more words starting with abc exists in searched text, the string def may also exist anywhere within the searched text, and no words starting with ghi exist in the searched text.