The Model Manager Window
Use the Model Manager window to find versions of Models and Files with respect to different Locations by writing search and filter expressions in the search field and clicking the Search button. You can write plain search words and any number of filter expressions using The Model Manager Search Syntax. Plain search words will match on the title, description, tags, and filename of models and files.
You can also apply separate Item and Content Filters via The Filter Dialog Box. Select a filter from the Add Filter menu button () in the toolbar to open the dialog box. Applied filters are shown below the search field — see The Applied Filters Toolbar.
The searched location is initially set to the Default Branch in a repository, which means that the latest versions of models and files are searched. Click the top-right link button to select another location in The Select Location Dialog Box.
The search result is sorted on title, with a maximum of 100 models and files initially included in the result. You can switch the presentation of the search result between either a Table View or a Tree View. Click the Show More button () to include more matches.
Searching and Filtering
If Model Manager detects that a commit has been saved on a searched branch, an information message () is displayed at the bottom of the Model Manager window. This includes both commits made by you from within the COMSOL Desktop, as well as commits made by your coworkers if connected to a server database. Click Refresh () to see any updated results.
The Model Manager Window Toolbar
The toolbar in the Model Manager window contains the following toolbar buttons:
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Click the Refresh button () to refresh the search result while keeping the search expression and applied filters unchanged.
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Click the Show More button () to include more matching models and files in the search result.
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Click the Reset button () to clear the current search expression and applied filters.
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Click the Add Filter button () to apply a filter.
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Click the Table button () to view the search result in a table.
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Click the Tree button () to view the search result in a tree.
Table View
The table view of the search result shows matching model and file versions in a table with columns:
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The type column — the type of the model or file represented by an icon. See Item Types and Save Types.
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The Title column — the title set for the model or file in that version.
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The Tags column — the tags set for the model or file with respect to the searched location.
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The Saved column — the time when the version was saved.
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The Saved By column — the name of the user that saved the version.
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The Owner column — the name of the user that owns the model or file.
You can append more search results at the bottom of the table until all matching models and files have been fetched by repeatedly clicking the Show More button () in the toolbar.
Tree View
The tree view of the search result shows matching model and file versions in a tree, such that the tags of matching models and files are displayed at their corresponding position in the The Tag Tree. Each model or file node shows the title set for the version, the time when the version was saved, and the name of the user that saved the version.
You can append more search results to the tag tree until all matching models and files have been fetched by repeatedly clicking the Show More button () in the toolbar.
There is a subtle difference between the tags tree shown in the tree view of the Model Manager window and that shown in The Databases Tree. For the former tree, you only see the tags (including ancestor tags) set for models and files that are found in the shown search result. This means that more and more tags may show up at a specific level when you repeatedly click Show More (). Tags that are not assigned to any models or files will never show up. For the latter tree, you always see all tags at a fixed level when you expand a node.