Search

You can search in your workspace using any of the available Eclipse searches; however, to search the GO-BPMN Project content, we recommend the following:

• To search for elements or strings, use the GO-BPMN Search;
• To search for usages of a definition, use the usage search of elements.
• To search for Tasks that influence a Goal condition, search for dependent Tasks of the Goal.
• To search for calls and acquire entire call hierarchies, that is, the entire chains of the calls, use the call hierarchy search.

Searching for GO-BPMN Entities and their Usage#

The GO-BPMN search is the generic LSPS search and allows you to search for entities based on their name, type, or status.

To define and perform such a search, do the following:

1. Go to Search> GO-BPMN.
2. In the search dialog, define the search criteria
   • Search string: string to search for in elements
     • Case sensitive: upper and lower cases are distinguished.
     • Wildcard search: wildcards are allowed (*, ?).
   • Type of search:
     • Element type search: returns elements meeting the defined criteria.
     • Full-text search: returns any entities containing the defined string.
   • Scope:
     • Workspace: search is performed within the active workspace.
     • Selected resources: search is performed within the defined resources (projects, modules, libraries).
   • Element Type: select the element types to include in the search.

The results will be displayed in the Search view.

Searching for Elements#

The Open Element feature is a search that locates any elements containing the provided string.

To search for an element:

1. Go to Navigate > Open Element
2. In the Open Element dialog, type the element name or its part. img{openElement.png, The Open Element dialog with search results}
3. In the area with search results below, double-click the element to open its definition.

Searching for Element Usages#

To search for usages of GO-BPMN elements, such as, functions, variables, records, record fields, process elements, etc. right-click the definition or declaration and in the context menu, go to Search For and select Usages or the relevant type of occurrence: on variables, you can search for read or write accesses separately.

Searching for Dependent Tasks#

Dependent Tasks searches for Tasks, which influence goal conditions (pre-condition or deactivate condition of achieve goals; maintain condition of maintain goals).

To search for such tasks, do the following:

1. In the GO-BPMN Explorer or in a goal diagram, locate the goal.
2. Right-click the goal, and click Search For > Dependent Tasks.
3. In the Search for Dependent Tasks dialog box, specify the search scope, and click Search.

Search results are displayed in the Search view.

Searching for Call Hierarchies#

To search and open the call hierarchies over a definition, right-click the definition in the editor or the Outline view and click Open Call Hierarchy.

Opening call hierarchy of a function definition

Searching for Unused Elements#

To search for unused elements, go to Search > Find Unused Elements.

Note: The search does not return unused methods.