Automation Builder supports searching the content of your automations through the Canvas Search function. The search icon (magnifying glass) for Canvas Search is located at the top-left of the main canvas.
Figure 1: Search Icon
Additionally, the Canvas Search function can be accessed by right-clicking the canvas and selecting Show Canvas Search on the palette menu or by using the keyboard shortcut “Q” .
Figure 2: Short Cuts
When you click the magnifying glass icon this will reveal the Search Palette, a panel similar to the Task Palette. The search field at the top will be followed by a list of tasks that are currently on the canvas.
Figure 3: Search Palette
Enter a search term in the "Search your canvas" field. The search function will query the task summary and task description to look for 3 words before and 3 words after the search term. Search terms will be highlighted at the bottom of each task they pertain to. Search Options can include: app, description, id, job variable, name, and summary.
To clear a search, delete the search term.
Searching for a task located in multiple places on the workflow will return as a list as well as bring each task into focus on the canvas, making it easier to find them in complex workflows.
Figure 4: Multiple Tasks
Clicking a task in the search list will select that specific task and center it on the canvas.
Figure 5: Selecting a Task
Double-clicking a task in the search list will select the task, center it, and open the task.
Figure 6: Double Clicking a Task
If there is more than 1 result from the search criteria that matches a task, an icon displaying the number of Other Results Not Shown will appear. There can be up to "+4" other results that are not shown.
Below, a search on the term "stub" has matched the Task Summary first, with the number of other results displayed in the lower-right of the "Stub" task, and has also matched the Description. Only one vertically expanding result is displayed at a time. In this case, the Summary is displayed, and the Description is being hidden with the "+1" icon. Additional details are displayed by hovering the mouse over the icon.
Figure 9: Additional Results
