1.5.1 - Windows - Simple Query Window - SQW Scrolling Lists
The SQW Scrolling Lists are the five boxes at the top of the Simple Query Window (SQW).
The SQW Scrolling Lists look like this:
Each list corresponds to a part of a MindModel statement.
You choose items in the lists to tell the SQW which statements (or nouns in statements) you want to find.
The lists simplify your task by only showing you items that make sense for your model.
For example, you can see in the picture above that there are only seven subject noun types listed in the "Subject Type" list.
The picture represents what the SQW Scrolling Lists (SQWSL) would look like when searching the AcmeTech.min sample model.
In the AcmeTech.min sample model, there are statements that start with nouns of those seven types (document, food, organization, etc.).
There are no statements in the AcmeTech.min model that start with "web site", so "web site" is not in the "Subject Type" list.
We figure that, if there are no statements that start with "web site", there's no reason to search for statements that start with "web site", so MindModel only shows you the subject types that are used in the model.
The other four lists (Subject, Verb, Object Type, Object) work the same way.
If you select "food" in the "Subject Type" list, MindModel fills the "Subject" list with food nouns that are found at the beginning (subject) of statements in the model.
Do I have to go left to right when selecting items in the lists?
No, you don't.
For example, you can leave "(all subject types)" selected in the "Subject Type" list, then select "distributes" in the "Verb" list.
The SQW will find all the statements in the model that contain the verb "distributes", no matter what subject or objects are found in the statements.
What's the little black triangle in the top left-hand corner of the "Subject" list?
When you click that triangle, MindModel displays a menu that looks something like this:
Choosing this menu selects an item in the "Subject" list that corresponds to the selected noun in the Nouns List of the Model Window.
This feature is useful in the following situation.
Let's say you're using the Model Window and you select a person noun named "Nancy Rankine".
You decide that you want to use the SQW to find specific statements for Nancy.
You open the SQW.
Now you have to select "person" in the "Subject Type" list, then scroll down the "Subject" list until you find "Nancy Rankine".
Instead, you could just open the SQW, then choose "Use the Selected Noun from the Nouns List" in the menu pictured above.
The SQW would perform these steps for you, automatically:
1) Select "person" in the "Subject Type" list.
2) Fill the "Subject" list with people's names.
3) Select "Nancy Rankine" in the "Subject" list.
So using the menu would save you time in this situation.