Searching for Seed Fields in Change Analyzer

The Change Analyzer search facility contains two tabs:

  • The General tab opens the Interactive Analysis advanced search facility.
  • The Change Analyzer tab opens a scoped version of the advanced search facility for Change Analyzer.

Ordinarily, the scoped version of the tool should be sufficient for most searches. If you are already familiar with the advanced search facility, however, you may want to use it instead of the scoped tool.

Note: For COBOL programs, Change Analyzer returns only constants and literals found in the Procedure section.
  1. Select a file from the list of programs and click (Step 1: Populate starting point list). A message informing you that any existing lists will be deleted pops up. Click OK.
  2. The Change Analyzer Search window opens. Click the Change Analyzer tab. The Change Analyzer tab displays a list of recognized search criteria.
    Note: Define a new criterion as described in the help for the advanced search facility.
  3. Select a criterion to edit its definition in the tabs in the right portion of the window. Each tab specifies a condition in the definition. The definition can consist of any combination of conditions.
  4. For each condition, enter a list of patterns you want to match, one pattern per line. You can use wildcard patterns allowed in LIKE statements by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Select:
    • Name Like to specify patterns that are like the name of the field you are searching for.
    • Name Not Like to specify patterns that are unlike the name of the field you are searching for.
    • Picture Like to specify patterns that are like the format of the field you are searching for.
    • Value Like to specify patterns that are like the initial value of the field you are searching for.
  5. Select Use OR Connection Between Lists if you want the conditions defined in the tabs to be ORed. If you do not select this option, the conditions are ANDed.
  6. Select Used Data Items Only if you want the search results to consist only of fields that are used in the selected programs. If you do not select this option, search results include fields that are declared but not used.
  7. In the Search In drop-down on the tool bar, you can choose from the following:
    • The selected file only.
    • The selected file with all included files.
    • The selected construct - Declaration.
    • All objects in the project.
    • A Code Search report.
  8. Click Find All Constructs to execute the search.
Change Analyzer returns the seed fields for the criterion in the starting point list. Any previous results are deleted.
Parent topic: Identifying Classes of Data Items with Change Analyzer
Related tasks
Defining a Search Filter
Related information
Creating a Search Criterion