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General Characteristics

Criteria display

Each search criterion can be displayed permanently in the header of the search filter, which saves time in the case of frequently used criteria.

Arrangement

The permanently displayed criteria can be displayed in 1, 2 or 3 rows; this can be set temporarily in the filter and/or permanently via the defaults (General > Style).

Wildcards

In filter criteria that query character strings, wildcards can be used to refine the search. Wildcards are replacement characters for characters and/or character strings. The following options are available:

Symbol	Description	Example
_	Stands for any one character.	_a ð Xa,aa,/a,8a,…
%	Stands for several characters.	%a ð testa,aa,a,879a,… a% ð atest,aa,a879,…
,	Used to separate several search terms.	Sleeve%,Mux%,%mux ð Sleeve1, SleeveB, Mux4, MuxX, 3mux,…

Boolean operations

With the Boolean operations, several filter criteria can be linked to each other through “and” and/or “or“:

Operation	Description
and	Delivers “true” if all linked statements are fulfilled (“true”).
or	Delivers “true” if at least one statement is fulfilled (“true”).

Action in result table

Symbol	Description	Availability
	Opens Visio drawing drop-down menu to draw the overview and/or to set Visio options.	All
	Display of additional statistical data, like number of wires, free wires, etc.	Cable and empty pipe overview
	The object selected in the result table is displayed in MapX insofar as it is available.	Overview of cables, empty pipes and physical paths
	The cable in which the selected physical path runs is displayed in MapX insofar as it is available.	Physical path overview

Visio defaults

Settings for templates, patterns and other options for the representation of networks in Visio can be defined in “File<Library>Visio>Drawing” and/or under “Visio > Options” that can be accessed by clicking on the Quick Start button.