Tools · locATR Galaxy Search

Find anything in your galaxy in seconds.

locATR is the search the AVEVA IDE never had — a native, dockable panel that finds any attribute, on any object, by name or value, across your entire galaxy. Without leaving the IDE.

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Stop hunting. Start finding.

You need every attribute that references an old PLC tag. Or every object whose value was wrong since the import three years ago. Or every locked attribute on a template you're about to rev. The AVEVA IDE has no galaxy-wide search, so today you open objects one at a time, ask a developer for a one-off query, or export the galaxy and grep it. All slow. All error-prone. None give you a clean list you can hand to a colleague or paste into a change ticket.

locATR is that list — in five seconds.

What it does

Every attribute, every object, one search

Native, dockable panel

Opens from the standard View menu and docks inside the AVEVA IDE — just like AVEVA's own panels. No separate app, no new login, nothing to alt-tab to.

Search by name or value

Browse the galaxy as a checkable tree, check the objects you care about, and search their attributes by name, by value, or both — with optional regular-expression matching.

A result grid that works

Sortable, filterable results with 17 columns of context per attribute — object, attribute, value, data type, category, security classification, locked status, source, and more.

Filter and configure

Per-column filters (contains, equals, starts-with, regex) on text, multi-pick dropdowns on enums. Every engineer picks their own visible columns, order, and widths.

Audit-ready export

Filter the grid to exactly the rows that matter, then export to CSV in one click. Drop it into a change request, an audit pack, or an email to the commissioning team.

Built for real galaxies

Engineered for thousands of objects and hundreds of thousands of attributes — production-scale galaxies, without slowing the IDE down.

Where it earns its keep

Questions you used to dread

Pre-rev impact analysis. Before rev'ing a template, find every instance attribute whose value differs from the template default — and decide what to do with each.
Hunt down a stale reference. A PLC tag was renamed; find every attribute in the galaxy that still points at the old name.
Lock-state audit. List every locked attribute on a set of templates before you hand them to the customer.
Autobind verification. See exactly which attributes are autobound and what they resolved to, side by side.
Cross-team handoff. Export "every attribute in the GasComp area with Security Classification = Operate" as a CSV the controls lead can sign off on.

Good to know

Native, safe, offline

Non-destructivelocATR is a search and inspection tool. It never changes your galaxy — run it on a live, in-production galaxy with zero risk.

Fully offlineNo internet connection required at any point. Everything runs on your engineering node.

Supported versionsAVEVA System Platform 2020 R2 SP1, 2023, and 2026. Installs as a single-file plugin.

Fits your workflowLogs through AVEVA's standard SMC LogViewer under the identity locATR — the diagnostics you already use.

LicensingPer node, fully offline, with annual renewal via signed activation files from ATR sales.

Built by AVEVA engineersFor AVEVA engineers. Native panel, native logging, native feel — nothing new to learn.

See locATR run against your own galaxy

Request a walkthrough, or email sales@atrautomation.com to start a trial.

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