Search Functionality in Visio

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We have setup a custom view in DataMiner (refer to the attachment)

  • Let's assume, we have 40+ services in the European region. We wanted to have a search functionality based on the service name. When searching for service by name, it has to take the relevant service. Is it possible in Visio?

Ben Vandenberghe [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] Selected answer as best 27th September 2021

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You can simulate the search functionality with 2 basic Visio functionalities:

  1. Add a text box that sets a session variables, this will act as a search.
  2. Add a 'Show' condition to each service based on the name. As long as the name matches the search string, we keep showing the shape.

    Example:
    Show     <A>-A|Element:*|Name|RegEx=[var:SearchBox]

This is how it looks like in action:

Sebastiaan Dumoulein [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Posted new comment 28th September 2021
Jeyaram Sumanthiran commented

Hi Ben,

I did create the top long rectangle shape and configured the shape Data “-A|38702/96331:*|Name|RegEx=[var:SearchBox]” but I cannot see the log rectangle box in the frontend.

Anything wrong?

PS: I can’t find an option to attach screen grab.
Sebastiaan Dumoulein [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] commented

Hi Jeyaram, the search box should only contain a “SetVar” shape data containing the name of the variable. In my example this is “SearchBox” (e.g. SetVar SearchBox). The other shape data should be applied to the shape representing a service. Feel free to also watch the Visual Overview course as this explain the above concepts in more detail.
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