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Syntax:

<filter_1>:<filter_1_value> [<filter_2>:<filter_2_value> … [ <filter_N>:<filter_N\_value>]]
Where <filter_i> is one of the acceptable filter names, and <filter_i_value> are comma separated (and possibly quoted) filtering values.

Filter names:

  • Name: Filter by element name. This is the default filter, meaning if you just type a filter value, it is assumed to be an element name. Each comma-separated value is an acceptable element name.

  • Type: Filter by element type. Each comma-separated value should be the name of an element or subelement type (root type or subtype) (that is, table, class, field). Logic of filtering is:

    (roottype_1 OR roottype_2 OR … OR roottype_N) AND (subtype_1 OR subtype_2 OR … OR subtype_N)

  • Model: Filter by model name. Each comma-separated value should be the name of a model in your application.

  • Property: Apply property filters. Each comma-separated value should be in the form property_name=property_value.

  • Code: Filter using code snippets, use quotes around code snippets. The matching source code is the elements that contain the specified code snippet.

Examples:

Query string What it does
TrvExpTable If the token is by itself, it is assumed to be the name. So this will find everything in the application that has "TrvExpTable" in the name.
type:tablefield property:allowedit=no
type:form ccount Finds all forms that have "ccount" in their names.
type:form property:formtemplate=listpage Finds all forms that contain the property "FormTemplate" equal to ‘ListPage’.
type:table,formDesign property:"WorkflowDataSource=TrvExpTable" Finds formDesign nodes under tables, nothing would be found.
type:form,formmenufunctionbuttoncontrol property:Text=@SYS311998 Finds all menu function button controls with the Text property equal to (a label) ‘@SYS311998’.
type:table,method name:insert Finds tables with a method containing "insert" in the method name.
type:table,tableindex name:Export Finds tables with an index name containing the word "Export".
type:table,tableindexfield name:xpNum Finds table indexes with "xpNum" in the index field name.
type:table,tablefieldgroup name:EPNew Finds FieldGroups (in tables) containing ‘EPNew’ in their names.
type:form,formgridcontrol property:allowedit=no,heightmode=column Finds form grid controls, with properties allowedit equal to "no" and heightmode equal to "column".
type:form,formtabcontrol property:arrangeMethod=Vertical,ViewEditMode=view,WidthMode=Auto Finds form tab controls, with properties arrangeMethod equal to "Vertical" and ViewEditMode equal to "view" and WidthMode equal to "Auto".
type:form,formDesign property:"WorkflowDataSource=TrvExpTable" Finds all forms with the "WorkflowDataSource" property in the FormDesign node set to the value "TrvExpTable".
model:”Application Suite” type:formdesign property:style=simplelistdetail Find all forms in Application Suite model that has the style property set to simpleListDetail in the FormDesign node.
code:"return null" Finds all places in the source code that contains "return null".
code:"element.lock()" type:form Finds all places in the forms source code that contain the snippet "element.lock()".
code:"insert" type:table,form Finds all places in the source code of either forms or tables that contain "insert".
code:"public display" type:form,method Finds all form methods that contain the code "public display".
type:formbuttoncontrol property:text= Finds all form Button Controls that have empty text properties.


Application Explorer filtering

Supports regular expressions:
  • ListPage$                                   - objects, which ends with ListPage
  • ^Cust                                          - objects, which starts with Cust
  • ^Cust.*ListPage$ type:"form"      - forms, which starts from Cust, ends with ListPage
  • \d$                                               - objects, which ends with a number

List of element types:

Application object element
Type name in Metadata search
Enum
enum
Enum literal
enumvalue
Enum extension
enumextension
Extended data types
edt
EDT Int
edtint
EDT Int64
edtint64
EDT Real
edtreal
EDT String
edtstring
EDT Container
edtcontainer
EDT GUID
edtguid
EDT Time
edttime
EDT Date
edtdate
EDT UTCDateTime
edtutcdatetime
EDT Enum
edtenum
EDT array element
edtarrayelement
EDT relation
edtrelation
EDT table reference
edttablereference
Extended data types extension
edtextension
Table
table
Table/data entity detele action
tabledeleteaction
Table/view/map/(aggregate) data entity  field group
tablefieldgroup
Example:
type:map,tablefieldgroup
Table/view/map/(aggregate) data entity  field group field
tablefieldgroupfield
Table field
tablefield
Table field integer
tablefieldint
Table field integer 64
tablefieldint64
Table field real
tablefieldreal
Table field string
tablefieldstring
Table field container
tablefieldcontainer
Table field date
tablefielddate
Table field time
tablefieldtime
Table field utc date time
tablefieldutcdatetime
Table field guid
tablefieldguid
Table field enum
tablefieldenum
Table index
tableindex
Table index field
tableindexfield
Table full text index
tablefulltextindex
Table/view/map/data entity mapping
tablemapping
Table/view/map/data entity mapping connection
tablemappingconnection
Table relation
tablerelation
Table forign key relation
tablerelation
Table relation constraint
tablerelationconstraint
Table relation constraint field
tablerelationconstraintfield
Table relation constraint fixed
tablerelationconstraintfixed
Table relation constraint related fixed
tablerelationconstraintrelatedfixed
Table/view/data entity state machine
statemachine
Table/view/data entity state machine state
statemachinestate
Table/view/data entity state machine state transition
statemachinestatetransition
Table method
method
Table extension
tableextension
Table field group extensions
tablefieldgroupextension
View
view
(View/data entity) simple query
querysimple
View/data entity query data source
querysimpledatasource
View/data entity query root data source
querysimplerootdatasource
View/data entity query embedded data source
querysimpleembeddeddatasource
View/data entity query data source field
querysimpledatasourcefield
View/data entity query data source field avg
querysimpledatasourcefieldavg
View/data entity query data source field sum
querysimpledatasourcefieldsum
View/data entity query data source field count
querysimpledatasourcefieldcount
View/data entity query data source field min
querysimpledatasourcefieldmin
View/data entity query data source field max
querysimpledatasourcefieldmax
View/data entity query data source range
querysimpledatasourcerange
View/data entity query data source relation
querysimpledatasourcerelation
View/data entity query having predicate
querysimplehavingpredicate
View/data entity query group by field
querysimplegroupbyfield
View/data entity query order by field
querysimpleorderbyfield
View/data entity query simple derived data sources
querysimplederiveddatasource
View field
viewfield
View field bound
viewfieldbound
View computed column
viewfieldcomputed
View computed column string
viewfieldcomputedstring
View computed column int
viewfieldcomputedint
View computed column real
viewfieldcomputedreal
View computed column date
viewfieldcomputeddate
View computed column enum
viewfieldcomputedenum
View computed column int64
viewfieldcomputedint64
View computed column utcdatetime
viewfieldcomputedutcdatetime
View index
viewindex
View index field
viewindexfield
View relation
viewrelation
View relation constraint
viewrelationconstraint
View relation constraint field
viewrelationconstraintfield
View relation constraint fixed
viewrelationconstraintfixed
View relation constraint related fixed
viewrelationconstraintrelatedfixed
View extension
viewextension
Query extension embedded data source
queryextensionembeddeddatasource
Query extension query data source field
queryextensionquerydatasourcefield
Query extension query data source range
queryextensionquerydatasourcerange
Query extension query data source relation
queryextensionquerydatasourcerelation
Query
query, querysimple
Query extension
querysimpleextension
Composite query
querycomposite
Composite query range
querycompositerange
Composite query having predicate
querycompositehavingpredicate
Data entity
dataentity, dataentityview
Data entity field
dataentityviewfield
Data entity field mapped
dataentityviewmappedfield
Data entity field unmapped
dataentityviewunmappedfield
Data entity field unmapped  Int
dataentityviewunmappedfieldint
Data entity field unmapped  Int64
dataentityviewunmappedfieldint64
Data entity field unmapped  Real
dataentityviewunmappedfieldreal
Data entity field unmapped  String
dataentityviewunmappedfieldstring
Data entity field unmapped  Container
dataentityviewunmappedfieldcontainer
Data entity field unmapped  GUID
dataentityviewunmappedfieldGUID
Data entity field unmapped  Time
dataentityviewunmappedfieldtime
Data entity field unmapped  Date
dataentityviewunmappedfieldDate
Data entity field unmapped  UTCDateTime
dataentityviewunmappedfieldUTCDateTime
Data entity field unmapped  Enum
dataentityviewunmappedfieldEnum
Data entity key
dataentityviewkey
(Aggregate) Data entity key field reference
dataentityviewkeyfield
Data entity relation
dataentityviewrelation
Data entity foreign key relation
dataentityviewrelationforeignkey
Data entity relation constraint
dataentityviewrelationconstraint
Data entity relation constraint field
dataentityviewrelationconstraintfield
Data entity relation constraint fixed
dataentityviewrelationconstraintfixed
Data entity relation constraint related fixed
dataentityviewrelationconstraintrelatedfixed
Data entity range
dataentityviewrange
Data entity extension
dataentityviewextension
Composite data entity
compositedataentityview
Compsite data entity reference embedded
dataentityviewreferenceroot
Compsite data entity reference embedded
dataentityviewreferenceembedded
Aggregate data entity
aggregatedataentity
Aggregate data entity data source
aggregateviewdatasource
Aggregate data entity field
aggregatedataentityfield
Aggregate data entity mapped field
aggregatedataentitymappedfield
Aggregate data entity unmapped field
aggregatedataentityunmappedfield
Aggregate data entity key
aggregatedataentitykey
Aggregate data entity key field reference
aggregateviewkeyfield
Map
map
Map field Int
mapfieldint
Map field Int64
mapfieldint64
Map field Real
mapfieldreal
Map field String
mapfieldstring
Map field Container
mapfieldcontainer
Map field GUID
mapfieldGUID
Map field Time
mapfieldtime
Map field Date
mapfielddate
Map field UTCDateTime
mapfieldutcdatetime
Map field Enum
mapfieldenum
Map extension
Note : not allowed to extend
mapextension
Table collection
tablecollection
Table collection table reference
tablecollectiontablereference
Class
class
Method
method
Delegate
type:method property:"IsDelegate=true"
Display method
type:method property:"IsDisplay=true"
Edit method
type:method property:"IsEdit=true"
Abstract method
type:method property:"IsAbstract=true"
Final method
type:method property:"IsFinal=true"
Static method
type:method property:"IsStatic=true"
Macro
macro
Macro (dictionary)
macrodictionary
Info part, AX 2012
infopart
Form part, AX 2012
formpart
Form
form
Form data source
formdatasource
Form data source root
formdatasourceroot
Form data source derived data source
formdatasourcderived
Form data source referenced data source
formdatasourcreferenced
Form data source field
formdatasourcefield
Form data source field group
???
Form part reference
formpartreference
Form design
formdesign
Form control
formcontrol
Form container control
formcontainercontrol
Form action pane control
formactionpanecontrol
Form action pane tab control
formactionpanetabcontrol
Form availability view control
-
Form: ResActivityResourceBooking
Form button control
formbuttoncontrol
Form button separator control
formbuttonseparatorcontrol
Form: WHSPack
Form button group control
formbuttongroupcontrol, formcontainercontrol
Form calendar control
-
Form: SysDateLookUp
Form calendar table control
-
Form chart control
formcontainercontrol
Form: KMKnowledgeCollectorGroupResults

type:formcontainercontrol  property:"Name=Chart"
Form check box control
formcheckboxcontrol
Form clock card control
-
Form: JmgClock
Form color picker control
-
Form: ColorPickerLookup
Form combo box control
formcomboboxcontrol
Form command button control
formcommandbuttoncontrol
Form credit card control
-
Form: CreditCardTokenization
Form date control
formdatecontrol
Form date time control
formdatetimecontrol
Form desktop calendar control
-
Form: EssWorkspace
Form Dimension entry control
formcontainercontrol
Form: TrvExpenses
Form Dimension expression builder control
formcontainercontrol
Form document attachments control
-
Form: DocumentUpload
Form document viewer control
-
Form: smmEncyclopedia
Form document viewer container control
formcontainercontrol
Form: VendInvoiceJournal
Form dual write host control
formcontainercontrol
Form: DualWriteHostForm
Form drop dialog button control
formdropdialogbuttoncontrol
Form: PersonSearch
Form expression builder control
-
Form: HierarchyDetail, RequisitionReplenishControlRule
Form external feed control
formcontainercontrol
Form: ExternalFeedConfiguration
Form file upload control
-
Form: SysAppDesignerPane
Form filter display control
-
Form financial reporting viewer control
-
Form: FinancialReportingViewerForm
Form form part control
formcontainercontrol
Form: BudgetTrackingWorkspace
Form gantt control
formcontainercontrol
Form: ReqTransExplosion, KanbanBoard
Form get started control
-
Form: RetailGetStarted
Form get started banner control
-
Form: Essentialsdashboard
Form grid control
formgridcontrol
Form group control
formgroupcontrol, formcontainercontrol
Form GUID control
formguidcontrol
Form HCM performance journal card control
formcontainercontrol
Form: HcmPerfJournal
Form hierarchical grid control
-
Form: HierarchicalGridTest
Form hierarchical grid common control
-
Form: ProjTrackingViews
Form hierarchy viewer control (2)
-
Form: BudgetPlanOrganizationHierarchyView, HierarchyDesignerControl
Form HTML editor control
-
Form: HRMRecruitingJobAd, CaseDetail
Form HTML viewer control
-
Form: TaxElectronicDeclaration, CaseDetail
Form HTML control
formhtmlcontrol
Form: SysInetHTMLEditor
Form image control
formimagecontrol
Form image annotator control
formcontainercontrol
Form int64 control
formint64control
Form integer control
formintegercontrol
Form itemization date filter control
- TrvExpenses
Form:
Form list box control
formlistboxcontrol
Form: ProjParameters
Form list view control
formlistviewcontrol
Form: EnumLookupForm_RU
Form mapper control
-
Form: DMFTargetXMLToEntityMap
Form media viewer control
-
Form: KMQuestionnaireForm
Form menu button control
formmenubuttoncontrol
Form menu item button control
formmenufunctionbuttoncontrol
Form payment predictor host control
formcontainercontrol
Form: PaymentPredictorHost
Form Power BI control control
-
Form: VendPaymentWorkspace
Form Power BI report viewer control
formcontainercontrol
Form PowerApps host control
formcontainercontrol
Form: SysDisplayPAControl
Form Process flow control
-
Form product configurator control
-
Form: PCRuntimeConfigurator
Form product configurator constraint editor control
-
Form product configurator model validator control
-
Form: PCRuntimeConfiguratorValidate
Form progress control
formprogresscontrol
Form: SysBPMPane
Form quick filter control
-
Form radio button control
formradiobuttoncontrol
Form real control
formrealcontrol
Form reference group control
formreferencegroupcontrol, formcontainercontrol
Form report viewer control
-
Form: ReportViewerControl
Form retail matrix control
-
Form: RetailMatrixPivot
Form segmented entry control
formsegmentedentrycontrol
Form state machine control
-
Form static text control
formstatictextcontrol
Form string control
formstringcontrol
Form tab control
formtabcontrol
Form tab page
formtabpagecontrol, formcontainercontrol
Form table control
formtablecontrol
Form: CustPaymMode
Form tile button control (2)
formmenufunctionbuttoncontrol
Form: VendPaymentWorkspace
Form time control
formtimecontrol
Form timer control
-
Form: TrvExpenses
Form tree control
formtreecontrol
Form: SalesQuotationCopying
Form extension
formextension
Form extension part reference
formextensionpartreference
Form extension control
formextensioncontrol
Form control extension
formcontrolextension
Form property modification
propertymodification
Form extension modification
extensionmodification
Tile
tile
Menu
menu
Menu element
menuelement
Menu element separator
menuelementseparator
Menu element submenu
menuelementsubmenu
Menu element menu item
menuelementmenuitem
Menu element tile
menuelementtile
Menu element menu reference
menuelementmenureference
Menu extensions
menuextensions
Menu extension element
menuextensionelement
Menu customization element
menucustomizationelement
Menu item
menuitem
Menu item display
menuitemdisplay
Menu item action
menuitemaction
Menu item output
menuitemoutput
Menu item extension
menuitemextension
Menu item display extension
menuitemdisplayextension
Menu item action extension
menuitemactionextension
Menu item output extension
menuitemoutputextension
Aggregate dimension
aggregatedimensions
Aggregate / measurement dimension attribute
dimensionattribute
Aggregate / measurement dimension attribute field reference
dimensionfieldreference
Aggregate dimension hierarchy
dimensionattributehierarchy
Aggregate dimension hierarchy level
dimensionhierarchylevel
Aggregate measurement
aggregatemeasurement
Aggregate measurement measure group
measuregroup
Aggregate measurement measure
measure
Aggregate measurement dimension
dimension
Aggregate measurement dimension relation
dimensionrelation
Aggregate measurement dimension relation contraint
dimensionrelationconstraint
Aggregate measurement calculated measures
calculatedmeasure
Aggregate measurement calculated measure ref
measurereference
Aggregate measurement calculated measure dimension
dimensionreference
Calculated measurement template
aggregatecalculatedmeasuretemplate
Calculated measurement period template
aggregatecalculatedmeasuretemplateotherperiod
KPI
kpi
KPI goal
kpigoal
KPI value
kpivalue
KPI trend
kpitrend
KPI goal/value range
kpirange
Report
report
Report data set
reportdataset
Report data set field
reportdatasetfield
Report data set field group
reportdatasetfieldgroup
Report data set auto identification field group
reportdatasetautoidentificationfieldgroup
Report data set parameter
reportdatasetparameter
Report design
reportdesign
Report auto design
reportautodesign
Report precision design
reportprecisiondesign
Report image
reportembeddedimage
Report parameter
reportparameter
Report table
reporttable
Report table data
reporttabledata
Report table data field group
reporttabledatafieldgroup
Report table row
reporttablerow
Report table row field group
reporttablerowfieldgroup
Report table header
reporttableheader
Report table footer
reporttablefooter
Report table grouping
reporttablegrouping
Report table grouping instance data
reporttablegroupinginstancedata
Report table detail data
reporttabledetaildata
Report table list spacing
reporttablelistspacing
Report aggregation
reportaggregation
Report URL drillthrough action
reporturldrillthroughaction
Report group on
reportgroupon
Report sort
reportsort
Report filter
reportfilter
Report image item
reportimageitem
Report field group
reportfieldgroup
Report chart
reportchart
Report XY chart
reportXYchart
Report chart data
reportchartdata
Report chart grouping
reportchartgrouping
Report matrix
reportmatrix
Report matrix data
reportmatrixdata
Report matrix column grouping
reportmatrixcolumngrouping
Report matrix row grouping
reportmatrixrowgrouping
Report list
reportlist
Report list data
reportlistdata
Report list field data
reportlistfielddata
Report list grouping
reportlistgrouping
Report list field group
reportlistfieldgroup
Report data
reportdata
Report footer template
footertemplate
Report header template
headertemplate
Report layout template
reportlayouttemplate
Report layout template body section style
reportsectionstyle
Report border color
reportbordercolor
Report layout template body section border style
reportborderstyle
Report border width
reportborderwidth
Report cell style
reportcellstyle
Report row style
reportrowstyle
Report footer template
reportfootertemplate
Report header template
reportheadertemplate
Report font
reportfont
Report list style template
reportliststyletemplate
Report list data section style template
reportlistdatasectionstyletemplate
Report matrix style template
reportmatrixstyletemplate
Report pie doughnut chart style template
reportpiedoughnutchartstyletemplate
Report XY chart style template
reportXYchartstyletemplate
Report axis style
reportaxisstyle
Report line style
reportlinestyle
Report chart area style
reportchartareastyle
Report data series styling
reportdataseriesstyling
Report legend style template
reportlegendstyletemplate
Report point label styling
reportpointlabelstyling
Report 3D styling
reportthreedstyling
Workflow categories
workflowcategory
Workflow approval
workflowapproval
Workflow approval/task outcome
workflowoutcome
Workflow task
workflowtask
Workflow automated task
workflowautomatedtask
Workflow template
workflowtemplate
Workflow template supported element reference
workflowelementreference
Workflow line item workflow
workflowlineitemworkflow
Workflow template/provider workflow type reference
workflowtemplatereference
Workflow provider
workflowprovider
Workflow hierarchy assignment provider
workflowhierarchyassignmentprovider
Workflow participant assignment provider
workflowparticipantassignmentprovider
Workflow queue assignment provider
workflowqueueassignmentprovider
Workflow due date calculation provider
workflowduedatecalculationprovider
Label file
labelfile
Resource
resource
License code
licensecode
Configuration key
configurationkey
Configuration key group
configurationkeygroup
Configuration key reference
configurationkeyreference
Security role
securityrole
Security role/duty security privilege reference
securityprivilegereference
Security role role reference
securityrolereference
Security role duty reference
securitydutyreference
Security role/privilege data entity reference
securitydataentityreference
Security role/privilege data entity field reference
securitydataentityfieldreference
Security role extension
securityroleextension
Security duty
securityduty
Security duty extension
securitydutyextension
Security privilege
securityprivilege
Security privilege entry point reference
securityentrypointreference
Security privilege data entity permission
securitydataentitypermission
Security privilege data entity field permission
securitydataentityfieldpermission
Security privilege data entity method permission
securitydataentitymethodpermission
Security privilege form permission
securityformcontrolreferencecollection
Security privilege form control permission
securityformcontrolreference
Security policy
securitypolicy
Security policy constrained table
securitypolicyconstrainedtable
Security policy constrained expression
securitypolicyconstrainedexpression
Reference
reference
Service
service
Service operation
serviceoperation
Service group
servicegroup
Service group service
servicegroupservice

 

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