# Find word over multiple projects

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-word-over-multiple-projects/86179>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [February 22, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-word-over-multiple-projects/86179 "2024-02-22T12:54:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pgmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-word-over-multiple-projects/86179/1 "2024-02-22T12:54:11Z")

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Hi all,  
is there any tool to find a word in all projects on the same gateway?

Thanks in advance, regards

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-word-over-multiple-projects/86179/2 "2024-02-22T15:09:17Z")

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Nope. The Designer is the only place that can parse all types of project resources, and it's pretty fundamental to the Designer that only one project can be open at a time.

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-word-over-multiple-projects/86179/3 "2024-02-22T15:23:09Z")

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For perspective its not too hard to read the view.json files of all projects.

What is the goal of finding a certain text?

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**Author:** ![pgmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-word-over-multiple-projects/86179/4 "2024-02-22T15:39:48Z")

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> [@victordcq](#):
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> For perspective its not too hard to read the view.json files of all projects

Thanks @victordcq , I forgot that option!

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-word-over-multiple-projects/86179/5 "2024-02-22T15:56:27Z")

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you can get some inspiration from here

> [@Export all component text used in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-all-component-text-used-in-ignition/53668/4):
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> Here is a script i used to automatically add all text values to the translate manager in perspective By checking the resource files… warning this may take a while xd import os import json from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway import IgnitionGateway from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.script import GatewaySystemUtilities package = IgnitionGateway.get().getLocalizationManager().loadFullPackage() oldKeys = package.getAvailableKeys() context = IgnitionGateway.get() path…