Search Objects by Documentation

Prerequisites

You have imported the relevant software component versions into the ES Repository.

For more information, see Importing ESR Content

Context

Once you browse for services in the ES Workplace, you can then search for the required objects based on the documentation in the ES Workplace.

You use this feature to search for objects in the ES Repository to ensure reuse. You can search for an object by transferring the documentation URL from the ES Workplace.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the ES Builder .
  2. Choose Start of the navigation pathPerspective Next navigation step Select Perspective Next navigation step  ContextEnd of the navigation path.
  3. Click ES Repository Widgets .
  4. Choose Add or Customize Widgets and select Search by Documentation .
  5. To search for an object in the ES Repository, drag and drop or paste a documentation link from ES Workplace to the assigned area on the widget.

Results

If you drag and drop or paste:

  • An entity that has no top level objects, but is represented only as a child object, then the latest version of the top level object is displayed. For example, when you drag and drop a service operation, the corresponding top level object, that is, the service interface is displayed.

  • A process component architecture model based entity from ES Workplace, the latest version of the object definition, along with the associated models are displayed. Some process component architecture model based entities in the ES Workplace are process components, service interfaces, business objects, deployment units, and so on.

  • An entity that represents multiple objects, then all associated objects are displayed. For example, if you drag and drop a service interface with multiple operations, based on the process component model, the following objects are displayed:

    • Service interface object definition

    • All service interfaces in the ES Repository that correspond to each of the operations

    • All associated models