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webMethods Workspace Metadata Search
To locate assets and/or asset references, Designer searches the metadata associated with assets. You can choose to search only the workspace index, only CentraSite, or both the workspace index and CentraSite. For more information, see Metadata in Your Workspace, as well as webMethods BPM Process Development Help and webMethods Service Development Help.
Important:
When you re-use an asset from CentraSite, only a minimally required amount of information about that asset is transferred to the workspace where you use it. As a result, when you query the workspace, you do not find all the same metadata you find when you query CentraSite. Additionally, reference chains in CentraSite are not fully reflected in the workspace. If process A references process B, which references process C in CentraSite, when you reuse process B in your workspace, the relationship between B and C is not preserved. When you re-use an Integration Server (IS) service from CentraSite, you lose the information about the relationships that Integration Server service has with other assets. If service A calls service B, and you reuse service A, you only get service A.
Note:
If you have workspace indexing disabled now or had it disabled in the past, you might have assets in your workspace that have missing or incomplete metadata. In this case, the search will not properly locate these assets. See Enabling or Disabling Workspace Indexing.
The following table lists the types of searches that Designer provides for searching for assets:
Type of Search
How to Access
Description
Basic keyword search
webMethods tab in the Search window
Use to locate assets or asset references based on keywords contained in the asset's name and/or description. In both Basic and Advanced searches, you can locate all assets of a particular type by selecting the asset and specifying no search criteria.
Advanced search
webMethods Advanced tab in the Search window
Use to locate assets of a single type. For example, you can search for portlets or you can search for IS document types, but not both portlets and IS document types in a single search.
The advanced search allows you to specify detailed search criteria to locate specific assets. For example, you can search for processes with names that contain "HR", with a model version that is equal to "2", and that references another process with a name that contains "approve".
In both webMethods basic and advanced searches, you can locate all assets of a particular type by selecting the asset and specifying no search criteria.
Saved searches
Saved Searches view
Use to locate assets of a single type. For example, you can search for portlets or you can search for processes, but not both portlets and processes in a single search.
Designer provides predefined saved searches of assets used in your solutions. You can search your workspace for all CAF Task Types, Portlets, or Processes; and you can search CentraSite for all Documents, E-forms, IS Services, Rule Services, or Web Services.
You can define and save additional searches. When defining your own saved search, you can specify detailed search criteria to locate specific assets, similar to the criteria you can specify for an advanced search.
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