BPEL Designer: Using Find in the Design View

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In the BPEL Designer, you can do one of the following to find BPEL constructs on the current diagram:

Using the Find Bar

The Find bar lets you find BPEL constructs on the current BPEL diagram. Press on a small arrow by the magnifying glass icon on the Find bar to choose among search options. You can search for the following:

To search only in selected area choose Search Selection.

To use regular expressions in your search choose Use Regular Expressions.

See XML Schema Editor: Using Find in the Schema View for more information on how to use the Find bar.

Using Advanced Search

You can use advanced search options to refine your search query and search BPEL elements by their name and/or type.

To find BPEL elements using advanced search:

  1. In the IDE, verify that the Design view of your process diagram is the active view.
  2. On the toolbar press the Advanced Search button. You can also press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F.
  3. In the Name field of the Advanced Search dialog box, enter the name of the element you want to find.
  4. In the Type list, select the BPEL construct to refine your search query. If you do not want to limit your search only to the specified constructs, leave the default Any Element value.
  5. If you want to distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters in your search query, select the Match Case checkbox.
  6. If you want to use the "?" and "*" wildcards, select the Pattern Match checkbox.
    Note that this option disables the use of other regular expressions.
  7. If you want to use a regular expression, select the Regular Expression checkbox. You need to clear the Pattern Match checkbox first.
  8. Click Search.
    The IDE outputs matching constructs in the Search Results window. Double-click the target component to select it on the diagram.

In the Search Results window, you can perform the following operations:

See Also
XML Schema Editor: Using Find in the Schema View

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