The Home Page
You reach the Home page of the asset management system by clicking on the COMSOL logo or the Home link () in the top navigation bar. The Home page is the default landing page when you log in to the Model Manager server web interface. Click Assets in the upper left corner to search for assets in the database. Click Models and Files to search for models and data files.
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Searching Assets
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Searching Models and Files
Searching Assets
You can search for the latest versions of assets from the Home page of the asset management system. Write search and filter expressions in the Search field and press Enter or click the magnifying glass to trigger a new search. You can write plain search words and any number of filter expressions using the Model Manager search syntax — see Searching on Asset Attributes. Plain search words will match on the title and description of assets.
Matching assets are shown in a paginated table below the Search field. Select Rank, Title, or Last Modified to change the field being sorted — sorting by rank means that those assets that best match the search expression are shown first. Toggle between ascending and descending order by clicking the vertical arrow button next to the sort field list. Select Table View or Compact View to show or hide the assets’ thumbnail images in the table.
The default table columns are:
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The Title column — the current title of the asset.
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The Description column — the current description of the asset.
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The Last Modified column — the point in time when the asset was last modified.
Click on the title of an asset in the table to open its Asset page.
The Model Manager hides assets that you are not permitted to open from the search result — see also Table 4-1.
Asset Filters
You can apply asset filters from the Filters menu — click the vertical expander bar on the left side of the Home page if the menu is not already visible. The available filter options for a new Model Manager server installation are:
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Last Modified. A date range for when the latest version of an asset was saved. Leave From or To empty to not specify a lower or upper bound for the date.
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Last Modified By. The user that saved the latest version of an asset. A multiple selection of users is combined with OR-logic when filtering.
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Owner. The user that owns an asset. A multiple selection of users is combined with OR-logic when filtering.
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Deleted. Optionally show assets that have been deleted. The default is to hide such assets.
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Attachment. The filename of an uploaded file attachment.
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Model version. The title of a linked model version.
The list of available filter options will grow as you extend the asset management system via customization — see Customizing the Asset Management System.
Click Apply Filters to apply specified filter values. Click Clear Filters to clear all specified filter values.
Click the eye icon next to a filter option to show or hide the corresponding table column in the search result. You can also show or hide the Title, Description, Thumbnail, Library, and Asset Type fields as table columns.
Searching Models and Files
Click Models and Files on the Home page of the asset management system to search for versions of items — that is, models and data files — in the Model Manager server database. Write search and filter expressions in the Search field and press Enter or click the magnifying glass to trigger a new search. You can write plain search words and any number of filter expressions using the Model Manager search syntax.
You can select between two search modes from the list in the upper right corner:
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Latest Versions for Location. Search the latest versions of items in a branch. Expand the accompanying location selector to select another branch to search in.
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All Versions in Database. Search all versions of items in the database. Expand the accompanying location selector to apply one or more repositories and branches as filters. Only versions saved in selected repositories and branches are returned in the search result.
Searching Versions in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
Matching versions are shown in a paginated table below the Search field. Select Rank, Title, Saved, Size, or Computed Data to change the field being sorted — sorting by rank means that those versions that best match the search expression are shown first. Toggle between ascending and descending order by clicking the vertical arrow button next to the sort field list.
Sorting Search Results in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
The default table columns are:
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The type column — an icon used to represent of the type of the version.
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The Title column — the title of the version.
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The Tags column — the tags assigned to the item that the version belongs to.
The Tags column is only shown for the Latest Versions for Location search mode.
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The Saved column — the point in time when the version was saved.
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The Saved by column — the user that saved the version.
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The Owner column — the user that owns the item that the version belongs to.
Click on the title of a model version or file version in the table to open its Model page or File page, respectively.
The Model Manager hides versions in repositories and branches that you are not permitted to see from the search result.
Item Filters
You can filter the search result by applying item filters from the Filters menu — see also Asset Filters. The available filter options are:
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Title. The title of the version.
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Description. The description of the version.
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Tags. The tags assigned to the item that the version belongs to.
The Tags filter is only available for the Latest Versions for Location search mode.
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Item Version Type. The type of the item version.
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Item Save Type. The save type of the item that version belongs to.
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Saved. A date range for when the version was saved. Leave From or To empty to not specify a lower or upper bound for the date.
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Saved By. The user that saved the version. A multiple selection of users is combined with OR-logic when filtering.
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Commit Comment. The commit comment written when the version was saved.
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Filename. The filename of a model version and the filenames of the file resources of a file version.
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File Type. The file type extensions of the file resources of a file version.
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Size. The estimated disk space usage of a version when stored on the file system.
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Computed Data. The estimated disk space usage of the built, computed, and plotted data of a model version when stored on the file system.
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Owner. The user that owns the item that the version belongs to. A multiple selection of users is combined with OR-logic when filtering.
Click Apply Filters to apply specified filter values. Click Clear Filters to clear all specified filter values.
Click the eye icon next to a filter option to show or hide the corresponding table column in the search result. You can also show or hide the Repository and Branch fields as table columns.
Item Filters in the Model Manager Reference Manual.