The Open Dialog Box

In the open dialog, you can open BW objects from different views. You can also store BW objects in different views, search for objects, delete objects, remove objects from different views, and display the properties of the objects.

The Open dialog box contains different views which you can change between using the application toolbar in the left area of the dialog box.

• (Find)

  You can use the Find view to search for BW objects.

• (History)

  The History view displays the last 15 objects that you used (user- and system- dependently).

• (Favorites)

  The Favorites view displays your favorite objects in a tree structure.

• (Roles)

  The Roles view displays your role-based objects in a tree structure.

• (InfoAreas)

  The InfoAreas view displays all InfoObjects (InfoAreas, InfoCubes, queries, and query views) in a tree structure.

  Note

  Some of these views are not available for all object types.

In the upper right area of the dialog box, the following single functions are available in the toolbar:

• You can use (One Level Higher) to move up one level in the folder structure.
• You can use (Delete) to delete objects as follows:
  1. You can remove objects from the current view. This deletes the link to the object from the current view.
  2. You can delete the object permanently. This deletes the physical object and all links to the object are removed from all views.
• You can use (Add to Favorites) to add the current object to your favorites and store it in a freely-definable hierarchical tree structure. You can create a new folder for your new favorite.
• You can use (Refresh) to refresh the list of objects in the current view.
• You can use (Display Properties) to display additional properties for the object, such as the creation date or the object type.
• You can use (Display Object Name As) to display the name of the object using the description and/or the technical name. In the case of objects without technical names, the description is displayed (often the case for folders and workbooks).
  Note

  Some of these single functions are not available for all object types. If they are not available, the symbol is grayed out.

As well as being able to call the individual functions from the toolbar, you can call all functions of the Open dialog box from the context menus of objects (secondary mouse button).

In the lower area of the dialog box, you can enter the description or technical name of the objects in the Name field and open it directly. If the description or technical name entered is not unique, a search is triggered and the results list is displayed in the Search view.