Viewing Search Results

Objects found by a search appear in the Registry Objects area.

The Registry Objects area consists of the following:

• Buttons that are labeled Apply, Approve, Deprecate, Undeprecate, Bookmark, Relate, Delete, and Set or Change Status, which allow you to perform actions on objects. You must be the object’s creator or a registry administrator to perform any of these actions except for Bookmark.

• A found objects display consisting of a search results table. For most objects, the table contains the following columns:

  • Pick checkbox. Select any two objects to activate the Relate button. See Creating Relationships Between Objects for details. Select one or more objects and click another button to perform that action. An error message appears if you do not have permission to perform the action.

  • Details link. Click this link to open the Details area directly below the Registry Objects area (see Viewing Object Details).

  • Object Type field.

  • Name field.

  • Description field.

  • Version field.

  • Version Comment field.

  • Status field.

For ExtrinsicObject objects, the display has two additional columns: Content Version and Content Version Comment. These columns apply to the repository item for the ExtrinsicObject.

For two kinds of objects, the Version and Version Comment columns are replaced by other content:

• ExternalLink objects: External URI

• ServiceBinding objects: Endpoint

To Use the Bookmark Feature

The Bookmark feature of the user interface allows you to hold one or more objects in the Registry Objects area while you search for other objects. You can then create a relationship between two objects. See Creating Relationships Between Objects for details on how to perform this task.

1. Click Search and execute a query.

2. In the Registry Objects area, select the Pick checkbox for the object or objects that you want to hold there and click the Bookmark button.

   The objects appear in a Bookmarked Objects area above the search results.

3. Execute another query.

Next Steps

When you have finished using a bookmarked object, select the Pick checkbox for the object and click the Remove Bookmark button. The object is removed from the Bookmarked Objects area. If it was the only object in the Bookmarked Objects area, the Bookmarked Objects area disappears.