The Open Dialog Box
Use
The Open dialog box allows you to open BI objects from different views. You can also store BI objects in different views, search for objects, delete objects, remove objects from different views, and display the properties of the objects.
Features
The Open dialog box contains different views which you can change between using the application toolbar in the left area of the dialog box.
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(Find)
You can use the Find view to search for BI objects.
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(History)
The History view displays the last 15 objects that you used (user and system dependently).
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(Favorites)
The Favorites view displays your favorite objects in a tree structure.
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(Roles)
The Roles view displays your role-based objects in a tree structure.
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(InfoAreas)
The InfoAreas view displays all InfoObjects (InfoAreas, InfoCubes, queries, and query views) in a tree structure.
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:
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You use 
(One Level Higher) to move up one level
in the folder structure.
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You use 
(Delete) to delete objects as
follows:
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a. You remove objects from the current view. This deletes the link to the object from the current view.
b. You delete the object permanently. This deletes the physical object and all links to the object are removed from all views.
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You 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.
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You use 
(Refresh) to refresh the list of objects
in the current view.
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You use 
(Display Properties) to display
additional properties for the object, such as the creation date or the object
type.
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You 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).
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.