Search Help 

Use

With this function you can search for objects, thereby defining and linking different selection conditions for the search help.

Prerequisites

You can call this function by:

·        Selecting Object  ®  Search... () in the main menu bar of the Integration Builder

·        Placing the cursor on a software component version and selecting Search... () in the context menu (only in the Integration Repository)

In this case the software component version is defined as the search criteria.

Features

Defining the Object Type

You can select the object type in a dropdown list in field Object Type.

In the design (Integration Repository) you can

·        Select an object type (for example Message Interface)

·        Select a cross-object category (for example Interface Objects)

In the configuration (Integration Directory) you can select types Values Mapping Group and schema in addition to the individual object types.

Restricting the Search Help to Certain Software Component Versions (Only in the Integration Repository)

You can define the software component versions for which you want to restrict the object search in field Context.

In the Select Software Component Versions dialog box you can select one of the following filter options (radio buttons):

·        All software component versions

·        Latest version of all software components

·        This software component version

If you select this option, you can mark a software component version in a navigation tree and select it with Copy.

Defining Selection Conditions

You can specify different selection conditions line by line in a table.

You can only use operators and define multiple selection conditions in the design (Integration Repository) when you are in Extended Search Mode. You switch to extended search mode with Extended. WithStandard you can switch back to Standard Search Mode.

A selection condition has the following form:

Attribute Operator Value 1 (Value 2)

Name = X

Name BETWEEN A*(and) Z*

Defining Attributes

You can define the attribute in field Attribute of a dropdown list.

You can always define the following attributes (for all object types):

·        Changed By (for person to change it)

·        Changed On (for date of last change)

·        Description

Depending on the given object type, you can also select additional attributes that are specific to that object type.

Examples for Additional Search Help Attributes

Object Type	Additional Attribute
Action	Action class
Message Interface	Category, synchronous, asynchronous
Communication Channel Template	Direction
Communication Party	Issuing agency, identification scheme, identifier
Receiver Determination	Sender party, sender service, sender namespace, sender interface (name)

Defining Attribute Values

Depending on the object type and selected additional attributes, you have the following input options for defining the attribute value (fields Value 1 and Value 2):

·        Manual entry

With manual entry, you can use the following wildcards to mask the entry fields:

¡        * (for any string)

¡        ? (for any character)

·        Use of the input help

You can call the input help with Display the List of Permitted Values F4 () at the right side of the input field.

·        Selecting values from a dropdown list

Examples for Input Options for Special Search Help Attributes

Object Type	Attribute	Input Option
Action	Action class	Dropdown list with possible values Internal, External
Message Interface	Category	Dropdown list with possible values Inbound, Outbound, Abstract
Message Mapping	Multiple	Dropdown list with possible values 1:1, 1:n, n:1, n:m
Service	Service type	Dropdown list with possible values Integration-Service, Business.System-Service, Integration-Process-Service
Receiver Determination	Sender Party	Input help for parties

Note that input fields for Value 2 can only be edited if an interval operator (BETWEEN or NOT BETWEEN) was selected for the search condition.

If you select certain attributes (such as object type Message Interface and attribute Synchronous), you cannot define any other values. In this case the input field for the attribute value is hidden.

Available Operators

Use the following operators:

·        LIKE

With this operator you can for example search for all the objects whose name contains a certain string.

·        =

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·        BETWEEN

·        NOT BETWEEN

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·        NOT LIKE

Defining Multi-Line Selection Conditions

You can define additional selection conditions by adding further lines. Search conditions with the same attribute are automatically linked with a logical Or, and search conditions with different attributes with a logical And. To add further lines, select Insert Line Below Selection (). To remove existing lines, select Delete Selected Lines(). To sort table lines, select Move Up/Down Selected Lines (/). To adjust the width of the table columns, choose Adjust Column Width ().

The entire selection condition resulting from the table lines is displayed in a preview below the table.

Display of the Search Results

You can start the search by choosing Search.

If the search is successful, the search results are displayed as a table in the lower part of the screen. The key attributes of the object type searched for are initially displayed.

If you want to display additional attributes for a certain object type, you can adjust the result table. To do this, choose Adjust Result Table(). In the Adjust Table Columns dialog box you can select individual attributes from the set of possible attributes and add them to your selection. To do so, choose Add. You can also remove individual attributes from your selection (right part of the screen) if they are not key attributes of the object type. To do so, choose Remove.

Note that your personal table settings are stored automatically.

You can open the objects displayed in the result table by double-clicking. You can also drag the search results to another editor with Drag & Drop.

Settings for Personal Search Help

You can define further properties of the search help in the personal settings.