Find

This function is used to locate objects in your Natural environment and generate a report list of the objects found. In addition to the view function (see the relevant section), the find function provides options to specify further criteria for the object selection.

Start of instruction set To invoke the find function

  • Activate advanced-user mode and use the Find menu option as described below.

    Or:
    Use the Find objects function of the unload wizard as described in the section Wizard.

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Find in Advanced User Mode

Start of instruction set To invoke the find function in advanced-user mode

  1. From the Actions menu, choose Find.

    A window appears where you select one object type:

    • Natural library objects

    • Natural system error messages

    • Natural command processor sources

    • DDMs
      (remote environments only)

    • Natural-related objects

    • FDTs

    • Use Selection or List

  2. Choose the OK command button.

  3. Depending on the object type selected, one or more additional windows appear where you can specify selection criteria and option or parameter settings:

    • For the keywords and valid values that apply to each object type, see the relevant explanations in the section Object Specification.

    • For possible settings, see the section Settings.

  4. After you have made all object specifications and specified the settings, choose the Find command button to execute the find function.

    The find window appears with an object selection table of all objects available in your current Natural environment that match the object specifications made earlier.

    For information on the table columns, refer to the section Object Specification.

    For the options provided in the find window, see Table Functions below.

  5. To terminate the find function:

    From the Object menu, choose Close.

    Or:
    Choose the standard Windows close button.

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Table Functions

Listed below are the options provided in the object selection table of the find window, along with explanations and instructions on how to invoke them:

Option Explanation/Instruction
Refresh Table Rebuilds the table to show the latest status.

Choose this function from the context or Object menu.

Details Invokes the scroll bar for displaying additional table columns.

From the Options menu, choose Details so that you can scroll to list further table columns with more information on the objects found.

Single Objects Lists source objects (Src) and cataloged objects (Gp) in separate table rows.

Set this option in the Options menu.

Sort Objects Sorts the table by columns.

Select the entire column by which you want to sort the table and double-click on this column.

Alternatively, select the column by which you want to sort the table and, from the context or Edit menu, choose Sort Objects.

Unload Unloads objects.

This function can only be applied, if the unload function of the Object Handler has been activated (see also Advanced User Unload in the section Advanced User).

Select one or more objects and, from the context or Object menu, choose Unload.

Load Loads objects.

This function can only be applied, if the load function of the Object Handler has been activated (see also Advanced User Load in the section Advanced User).

Select one or more objects and, from the context or Object menu, choose Load.

Save Into Saves a list of selected objects as Workplan of the type LIST.

Select one or more objects and, from the context or Object menu, choose Save Into.

Delete Deletes objects.

Select one or more objects and, from the context or Object menu, choose Delete.