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Using the Search Tool to Connect an Object
The search tool can be used:
• to list all of the objects of a given type.
• to search for an object whose name contains or begins/ends with a given string.
Connecting an object
HOPEX offers a wizard to connect an object.
Use this wizard to:
• list all the objects concerned by the connection.
• refine the list with a search for the character string that has the name of the object:
• name that contains a given character string (by default),
• name that begins with a given character string,
• name that ends with a given character string,
To connect an object:
1. In the object properties page, expand a section or select a page in which you can connect objects.
2. Click Connect .
3. (optional) In the first field, in the drop-down menu, select the object type to which your search relates.
*At times, HOPEX may offer different selection modes for the search. See Choosing the object selection mode.
4. (Optional, to refine your search) In the second field, enter the character string you want to search for.
By default the search relates to the name Containing the character string you entered.
5. (If necessary) Click on the arrow of the second field and select another criterion to refine your search:
• Beginning with: to list objects containing the character string entered.
• Ending with: to list the objects ending with the character string entered.
*The last option selected becomes the default option.
6. Click Find to run the search.
7. Select the object that interests you.
*You can select several objects.
*You can use the list filtering tool Filtering a list data.
*Whenever the result contains many objects, you can use the vertical scrollbar and/or the page arrow.
8. Click Connect.
The selected objects appear in the properties window.
Choosing the object selection mode
At times the search tool may offer you several modes to select objects.
Example: you want to define the scope of an org-unit and connect organizational processes. You may choose to select processes, for example, from a list, a tree, a candidate process query, etc.