About The Registry Explorer View
The Registry Explorer view displays the contents of the CentraSite registry to which Designer is currently connected. To connect to a different CentraSite registry, you must configure it in Preferences. You can connect to only one CentraSite registry at a time, but you can configure multiple registries.
The CentraSite registry often contains a great amount of data. Designer provides a view filter for the Registry Explorer view to make it easier to locate webMethods assets.
Note: Due to limitations in the API, the webMethods Assets filter shows some non-reusable assets, such as generated wrapper services and items that have been referenced but not published themselves. These are not available for use in processes. The Registry Explorer view allows you to drag them out of the view, but Designer does not allow you to drop them into any editors.
The Registry Explorer view is displayed by default in the
Process Development perspective. If you close the Registry Explorer view and want to reopen it, or if you want to open it in another perspective, click
Window > Show View > 
Registry Explorer.
Note: If the CentraSite connection is disabled or not properly configured, the Registry Explorer view displays a message indicating so and a link to CentraSite preferences, where you can enable or configure the connection. For information about configuring a connection, see the CentraSite Help.
The following table describes the actions that you can perform in the Registry Explorer view.
To... | Take this action in the Registry Explorer view... |
Enable or disable the webMethods Assets filter | To enable the webMethods Assets filter, click  View Menu > Configurations > webMethods Assets. Designer retains your selection in your current workspace until you change it. To disable it, select a different filter, such as Default. |
Expand an asset type | The Registry Explorer view is organized by asset type. Click  next to an asset type to view the assets under it. |
Refresh the view | Right-click anywhere in the view and click  Refresh. You may need to refresh if you publish metadata with the Registry Explorer view open. Newly published metadata will not appear in the Registry Explorer view until you refresh it. Refreshing the view collapses any currently expanded asset type. |
Use an asset in one of your own projects | Drag the asset from the Registry Explorer view onto the process editor canvas for the project. When you use an asset from the Registry Explorer, you are creating a reference to that asset. You are not including the asset itself in your project; rather, you are referencing the asset based on its metadata in CentraSite. Note: The Reuse property for an asset determines whether the asset can be reused in other projects or canvases. |
Retract metadata about an asset | Right-click the asset and click Retract. This removes the asset's metadata from CentraSite. Note: You cannot publish or retract process simulation metadata. |