Find connected objects

Find objects that have a relationship to a source object via a defined connection.

Procedure

  1. Click the Search module, and select Connected objects.
  2. In the Find what box, enter the name of the object for which you want to find related target objects.

    To search for multiple objects with names that are partly identical, you can use the wildcards * and ?. The * wildcard stands for any number of characters. For example, if you are searching for all objects that start with the letter E, enter E*. If you enter *, all objects of the selected type are found.

  3. To restrict the search, enter the type in the Type of object box. Selecting All finds all objects that contain the search term.

    Clicking Find displays all objects that meet the search criteria.

  4. Enable the Only objects connected to check box, and, in the Object box, enter the name of the object with a relationship to the source object (Find what).

    To search for multiple objects with names that are partly identical, you can use the wildcards * and ?. The * wildcard stands for any number of characters. For example, if you are searching for all objects that start with the letter E, enter E*. If you enter *, all objects of the selected type are found.

  5. To restrict the search, enter the type in the Type of object box. Selecting All finds all objects that contain the search term.
  6. In the Type of connection box, enter the type of connection that forms the relationship between the objects.
  7. Click Find.

The results are displayed in the list of results. The table contains all source and target objects that are related by the connection displayed. To obtain information about the objects found, click the corresponding link.

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