| Option | Description |
| * | Displays all items in the system (which is the default for the Object Table view display). In PDM, this was formerly known as *ALL. |
| abc* | Displays a list of all items that begin with the characters abc, for example, abcd or abctest. |
| *abc | Displays a list of all items ending with the characters abc, for example, dabc or testabc. |
| *b* | Displays a list of all items that have the character b anywhere in the name. |
| a*c | Displays a list of all items that begin with the character A and end with the character C. |
| "a*" | Displays a list of all items within quotation marks that start with the character a, for example, "a," "ab," or "ad." Note that when you use quotation marks, the specification becomes case sensitive. |