IAFSearch(T).FindObjectFields(TObject) Method (Int32, Int32)
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This method will return the values for the fields defined by the user-defined type for each of the objects
that match the search tokens.
Namespace: OSIsoft.AF.Search
Assembly: OSIsoft.AFSDK (in OSIsoft.AFSDK.dll) Version: 3.2.0.7
Syntax
IEnumerable<TObject> FindObjectFields<TObject>( int startIndex = 0, int pageSize = 0 ) where TObject : class
Function FindObjectFields(Of TObject As Class) ( Optional startIndex As Integer = 0, Optional pageSize As Integer = 0 ) As IEnumerable(Of TObject) Dim instance As IAFSearch Dim startIndex As Integer Dim pageSize As Integer Dim returnValue As IEnumerable(Of TObject) returnValue = instance.FindObjectFields(startIndex, pageSize)
generic<typename TObject> where TObject : ref class IEnumerable<TObject>^ FindObjectFields( int startIndex = 0, int pageSize = 0 )
abstract FindObjectFields : ?startIndex : int * ?pageSize : int (* Defaults: let _startIndex = defaultArg startIndex 0 let _pageSize = defaultArg pageSize 0 *) -> IEnumerable<'TObject> when 'TObject : not struct
Parameters
- startIndex (Optional)
- Type: SystemInt32
The starting index (zero based) of the items to be returned. - pageSize (Optional)
- Type: SystemInt32
The page size used for retrieving objects from the server. If this parameter is less than or equal to zero, then the page size will be set to the current value of the CollectionPageSize setting.
Type Parameters
- TObject
- The user-defined type of the object that is used for returning the field values. The type will define which fields are returned for each of the objects. By default, the field and/or property names in the user-defined type must match the desired object field names to be returned. If they do not match, then they will be skipped. The AFSearchObjectFieldAttribute can be used to specify the object field name to be used for the field or property instead of relying on the default mapping.
Return Value
Type: IEnumerableTObjectReturns an enumerable list of the used-defined objects for each object found using the search tokens for this search object.
Exceptions
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| FormatException | This exception is thrown if the ThrowOnError property is and there is a format error in the search query. |
| NotSupportedException | This exception is thrown if the ThrowOnError property is and one of the filters is not supported or the query is too complex to be evaluated by the server. |
| ArgumentNullException | This exception is thrown if specified return type does not define any object fields to be returned. |
| InvalidCastException | An invalid cast exception will the thrown when the type of the field value cannot be converted to the type of the associated field or property in the user-defined type. |
Remarks
This method can be used to return only the values for the specified fields for each of the objects that match the search tokens instead of returning the full object. This can improve performance when the full object is not required and only some of the object's fields will be used.
The following chart shows which object fields are supported by each AFSearch class.

The following is a list of the supported object field names along with a description of each field. Unless otherwise indicted, the field values are returned as strings.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Analysis | The name of the found object's Analysis. |
| AnalysisID | The ID of the found object's Analysis returned as a Guid. |
| Categories | The list of the found object's Categories. |
| ConfigString | The found object's ConfigString. |
| Contact | The name of the found object's Contact. |
| ContactID | The ID of the found object's Contact returned as a Guid. |
| CreationDate | The date when the found object was created returned as an AFTime. |
| Description | The found object's Description. |
| Destination | The found object's Destination. |
| DestinationID | The ID of the found object's Destination returned as a Guid. |
| DisplayDigits | The found object's DisplayDigits returned as a Int32. |
| Duration | The found object's Duration. This is the AFTimeSpan between the object's StartTime and EndTime. |
| Element | The name of the found object's Element. |
| ElementID | The ID of the found object's Element returned as a Guid. |
| EndTime | The found object's EndTime returned as an AFTime. |
| ID | The found object's ID returned as a Guid. |
| IsAcknowledged | The value of the found object's IsAcknowledged setting returned as a Boolean. |
| IsAnnotated | The value of the found object's IsAnnotated setting returned as a Boolean. |
| IsInternal | The value of the found object's IsInternal returned as a Boolean. |
| IsManualDataEntry | The value of the found object's IsManualDataEntry returned as a Boolean. |
| ModifyDate | The date when the found object was last modified returned as an AFTime. |
| Name | The found object's Name. |
| Parent | The name of the found object's Parent. |
| PlugIn | The name of the found object's PlugIn. For AFAnalysisSearch and AFAnalysisTemplateSearch it will be the name of either the AnalysisRulePlugIn or TimeRulePlugIn. For AFNotificationContactTemplateSearch, it will be the name of the DeliveryChannelPlugIn. |
| PlugInID | The ID of the found object's PlugIn returned as a Guid. For AFAnalysisSearch and AFAnalysisTemplateSearch it will be the ID of either the AnalysisRulePlugIn or TimeRulePlugIn. For AFNotificationContactTemplateSearch, it will be the ID of the DeliveryChannelPlugIn. |
| ParentID | The ID of the found object's Parent returned as a Guid. |
| SecurityString | The found object's SecurityString. |
| SecurityToken | The value of the found object's SecurityToken returned as an AFSecurityRightsToken. |
| Severity | The found object's Severity. |
| Source | The name of the found object's Source. |
| SourceID | The ID of the found object's Source returned as a Guid. |
| StartTime | The found object's StartTime returned as an AFTime. |
| Status | The found object's Status. |
| Target | The name of the found object's Target. |
| TargetID | The ID of the found object's Target returned as a Guid. |
| Template | The name of the found object's Template. |
| TemplateID | The ID of the found object's Template returned as a Guid. |
| Trait | The found object's Trait. |
| Type | The found object's Type. |
| UOM | The name of the found object's UOM. |
| UOMAbbr | The found object's UOM Abbreviation. |
| UOMID | The ID of the found object's UOM. |
| Value | The value of the found object's AFAttribute returned as an AFValue. The returned value will not have its Attribute property set. For AFAttributeSearch this field is specified as 'Value'. Otherwise, this field is specified as a path to the attribute relative to owning Element (e.g. '|Attr#1' or '|Attr#1|Attr#2|Attr#3'). |
| This method, property, or class is not available in the legacy .NET 3.5 version of the SDK. |
Examples
//************************************************************************* /// <summary> /// This class defines the object fields returned from the /// FindObjectFields method. /// </summary> public class EventFrameFields { // Field mapped using default name. public Guid ID; // Property mapped using default name. public string Name { get; set; } // Field mapped using 'ObjectField' attribute. [AFSearch.ObjectField("Duration")] public AFTimeSpan EFDuration; // Property mapped using 'ObjectField' attribute. [AFSearch.ObjectField("StartTime")] public AFTime EFStart { get; set; } // Attribute value mapped to property using 'ObjectField' attribute. [AFSearch.ObjectField("|Level")] public AFValue Level { get; set; } } //************************************************************************* // Get the Database PISystems myPISystems = new PISystems(); PISystem myPISystem = myPISystems.DefaultPISystem; if (myPISystem == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("Default PISystem was not found."); AFDatabase myDB = myPISystem.Databases[dbName]; if (myDB == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("Database was not found."); // Create a search to find all the event frames created from the 'Event' // template and its 'Level' attribute value is less than 90. int count; using (var search = new AFEventFrameSearch(myDB, "FindEventFields", @"Template:'Event' |Level:<90.0")) { search.CacheTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10); // Do the search // Return specified fields using dynamic type conversion. count = 0; var foundDynItems = search.FindObjectFields<EventFrameFields>(); Console.WriteLine("Find Object Fields using Dynamic Type Conversion:"); foreach (var row in foundDynItems) { count++; Console.WriteLine("ID={0}, N='{1}', ST={2}, D={3}, V={4}", row.ID, row.Name, row.EFStart, row.EFDuration, row.Level); } Console.WriteLine("Found {0} EventFrames.", count); }