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Analytica User GuideCreating and Editing DefinitionsObject Finder dialog

The Object Finder dialog lets you browse built-in functions, your own library functions, and all the objects in your model to insert into a definition. You can open the Object Finder dialog in two ways:

To insert the desired function or identifier at the cursor position in the definition, select Paste Identifier from the Definition menu, or
To replace the entire definition with the desired function, select Other from the expr menu.

Select the desired set or library from the Library menu.

These are the top items in the Library menu:

Found Objects: Objects found from Find button (see below)

All Available: All objects and functions, from model and built-in

All Modules: Objects from all module in the models

Current Module: Objects in the current module

Inputs: Inputs to the selected node

Use the Find button to search for an object by its identifier or title.

The Found objects library in the Object Finder dialog then lists all objects whose identifier or title matches in their first n characters (the n characters you type into the search box).

To use a function, identifier, or system expression in a definition, select it. For a function, enter the required parameters in the parameter fields.

Click OK to place the function, identifier, or expression in the definition.

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 The '''Object Finder '''dialog lets you browse built-in functions, your own library functions, and all the objects in your model to insert into a definition. You can open the '''Object Finder '''dialog in two ways:
-* To insert the desired function or identifier at the cursor position in the definition, select '''Paste Identifier '''from the '''Definition '''menu, or
+* To insert the desired function or [[identifier]] at the cursor position in the [[definition]], select '''Paste Identifier '''from the '''Definition '''menu, or
 * To replace the entire definition with the desired function, select '''Other '''from the '''''expr '''''menu.
-[[File:Chapter8 22.png]]
+:[[File:Chapter8 22.png]]
 Select the desired set or library from the '''Library '''menu.
-[[File:Chapter8 23.png]]
+:[[File:Chapter8 23.png]]
 These are the top items in the '''Library '''menu:
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 '''Inputs''': Inputs to the selected node
-Use the '''Find '''button to search for an object by its identifier or title.
+Use the '''Find '''button to search for an object by its [[identifier]] or title.
-[[File:Chapter8 24.png]]
+:[[File:Chapter8 24.png]]
-The '''Found objects '''library in the '''Object Finder '''dialog then lists all objects whose identifier or title matches in their first ''n'' characters (the ''n'' characters you type into the search box).
+The '''Found objects '''library in the [[Object Finder]] dialog then lists all objects whose identifier or title matches in their first ''n'' characters (the ''n'' characters you type into the search box).
-To use a function, identifier, or system expression in a definition, select it. For a function, enter the required parameters in the parameter fields.
+To use a function, identifier, or system [[Using Expressions|expression]] in a definition, select it. For a function, enter the required parameters in the parameter fields.
-[[File:Chapter8 25.png]]
+:[[File:Chapter8 25.png]]
 Click '''OK '''to place the function, identifier, or expression in the definition.
-[[File:Chapter8 26.png]]
+:[[File:Chapter8 26.png]]
 ==See Also==
 * [[Object Finder]]
+* [[Find Dialog]]
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