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Product
Building Automation Systems > Building Automation Systems > Metasys System Configuration Tool
Document type
User Guide
Document number
LIT-12011964
Version
13.2
Revision date
21/01/2020

Table 1. Find and Replace in Equipment Discovery

Step

Description
1

Click an Equipment Definition in the All Items Tree.
2

Open an Equipment Discovery (Facility > MUI Config > Discover Equipment).
3 Click the Add icon to add Field Controllers to the Equipment Discovery Window.
4 Click OK to populate the Equipment Discovery window.
5

For single edits:

Click one equipment object row, and then right-click the column heading to select Find and Replace (in selection).

For multiple edits:

Ctrl+click or click and drag across one or more rows to create a selection. Then right-click the column heading to select Find and Replace (in selection).

For full column edits:

Right-click the column heading and select Find and Replace.
6

Enter the criteria for the Find field and the Replace field. To replace all matching text, select Matching Text. To replace all non-matching text, select Non-Matching Text.

Figure 1. Replace All

7 Click Replace All.

Table 2. Find and Replace Search Criteria

Character

Search Description and Application
An asterisk (*)

Use before and after the search criteria text to search that portion of the text. For example, *ZN-T*.

Use in the search criteria text lets you search for zero or more of any character. For example, Z*-T returns results including ZN-T and ZONE-T.
A question mark (?)

Use in the search criteria text to search for zero or one instance of any character. For example, Hum?-C returns results including Hum1-C and Hum-C.
A percent symbol (%)

Use in the search criteria text to search for numerals 0 through 9. For example, Hum%-C returns results including Hum1-C and Hum7-C. You can enter multiple % to search for text that contains multiple numerals. For example, Hum%%-C returns results including Hum26-C. This also matches the percent symbol itself, such as in: % Humidity.
A pound sign (#)

Use in the search criteria text to search for a string of one or more numerals. For example, #BoxHtg-C returns results including 1BoxHtg-C and 34BoxHtg-C. This search also matches the pound sign itself, such as in: BLDG #1.
Normal Text

Use in the search criteria to return results that match the characters exactly without matching case. For example, zn-t returns results for ZN-T and zn-t.