Understanding the Find Object Navigation Utility
This chapter provides an overview of the Find Object Navigation utility and discusses how to specify navigation path search criteria.
Understanding the Find Object Navigation Utility
You can use this utility with any PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture page to locate the navigation path for a component, page, content reference, or portal. Select your search criteria and click the Search button. The resulting navigation paths appear with links that enable you to navigate directly to the page that you specified in your search. Frequently, several ways are available to access a page. Reviewing all of the navigation paths may help you find the page in a more intuitive way.
For example, an administrator wants to apply security to all references to Monitor Approvals. This component resides in Enterprise Components, Approvals, Approvals. Some applications can choose to create static reference or links to a page. With this utility, the administrator can find both references and confirm that the appropriate security is applied.
Additionally, when used as an internal tool, this utility can be very helpful during PeopleTools and application upgrades.
Specifying Navigation Path Search Criteria
This section provides an overview of the navigation path search criteria and discusses how to:
Specify search criteria by component name.
Specify search criteria by page name.
Specify search criteria by secondary page name.
Specify search criteria by content reference (CREF) name and portal name.
Understanding Navigation Path Search Criteria
This utility uses the object ID and portal tables to locate the target objects, allowing you to enter a component name, page name, or content reference (CREF) name and portal name to locate all of the navigation paths. Select your search criteria to populate and display a grid with the navigation for your search parameters. The full navigation path is given along with URL links that take you to a new browser for the navigation that you specified.
Page Used to Specify Navigation Path Search Criteria|
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
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Find Object Navigation |
EOEC_FIND_NAV |
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Specify navigation path search criteria. |
Specifying Search Criteria by Component Name
Access the File Object Navigation page (Enterprise Components, Find Object Navigation).
A component is a set of pages that are grouped for a business purpose. Component Interfaces expose components for synchronous access from another application, such as PeopleCode, Java, C/C++, or Component Object Model (COM).
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Component Name |
Select to search by component name. The system default is Component Name. |
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*Component Name |
This is a required field. Enter the name of the component for the search, or click the prompt to display available component names. |
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Search |
Click to display a grid that is populated with all of the corresponding navigation paths for your search parameters. |
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URL |
Click to open a browser window that directly accesses the navigation that you select in the grid. |
Specifying Search Criteria by Page Name
Access the File Object Navigation page (Enterprise Components, Find Object Navigation).
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Page Name |
Select to search by page name. |
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*Page Name |
This is a required field. Enter the name of the page for the search, or click the prompt to display available page names. |
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Search |
Click to display a grid that is populated with all of the corresponding navigation paths for your search parameters. |
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URL |
Click to open a browser window that directly accesses the navigation that you select in the grid. |
Specifying Search Criteria by Secondary Page Name
Access the File Object Navigation page (Enterprise Components, Find Object Navigation).
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Secondary Page Name |
Select to search by secondary page name. |
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*Secondary Page Name |
This is a required field. Enter the name of the secondary page for the search, or click the prompt to display available secondary page names. |
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Search |
Click to display a grid that is populated with all of the corresponding navigation paths for your search parameters. |
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URL |
Click to open a browser window that directly accesses the navigation that you select in the grid. |
Specifying Search Criteria by CREF Name and Portal Name
Access the File Object Navigation page (Enterprise Components, Find Object Navigation).
CREFs are pointers to content that is registered in the portal registry. These are typically URLs or iScripts. CREFs fall into three categories: target content, templates, and template pagelets.
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Content Reference Name |
Select to search by CREF name for the portal that you specify. When you select Content Reference Name, the Portal Name field becomes available to search for CREF names within a specific portal. |
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*Portal Name |
This is a required field. Enter the name of the portal for the search, or click the prompt to display available portal names. The default for this field is Employee. |
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*Content Reference |
This is a required field. Enter the name of the CREF for the search, or click the prompt to display available CREF names. |
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Search |
Click to display a grid that is populated with all of the corresponding navigation paths for your search parameters. |
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URL |
Click to open a browser window that directly accesses the navigation that you select in the grid. |