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About Searching for Asset Metadata
To locate assets and/or asset references, Designer searches the metadata associated with the assets. You can choose to search only the workspace index, only CentraSite, or both the workspace index and CentraSite.
Important: When you reuse 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 the same metadata that you find when you query CentraSite directly. Additionally, reference chains in CentraSite are not fully reflected in the workspace. For example, 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.
Note: If you have workspace indexing disabled now or had it disabled in the past, you might have assets in your workspace for which there is no or incomplete metadata. In this case, the search will not properly locate these assets. For more information, see webMethods BPM and CAF Workspace Metadata Help.
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 processes, but not both for portlets and processes in a single search.
The advanced search enables 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 for 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.
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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