Object menu

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The Object menu includes options for searching nodes and variables in a model editing a model: selecting nodes, text fields or cells of a table, and copying, pasting, cutting and deleting them. The menu can also be used for setting personal preferences and for hiding and displaying definitions.

The functionalities of the Object menu options are described in the table below.

	Menu item	Description
	Find	Opens a Find dialog to search for an object by its identifier or title. If a table is in focus, brings up the Find in Table dialog. See Finding variables.
	Find Next	Finds the next object that partially matches the previously defined text value. See Finding variables.
	Find Selection	Finds an object by its identifier that matches the currently selected text. See Finding variables.
	Make Alias	Creates an alias for the selected object(s). See Alias nodes.
	Make Importance	Creates an importance variable (and index) to compute the importance (rank correlation) of all uncertain inputs for the selected variable. See Importance analysis.
	Make Input Node	Creates an input node for the selected node(s).
	Make Output Node	Creates an output node for the selected node(s). See Using output nodes.
	Show By Identifier	Shows the identifier instead of title of each object in the current diagram, edit table, Result window, or Outline view. Toggle to show title again.
	Show With Values	Shows the mid values of the variable and all its inputs in each Object window. See Showing values in the Object window.
	Attributes	Opens the Attribute dialog to set the visibility of attributes and define new attributes. See Managing attributes.
	Hide Definition(s)	Marks the currently selected node or module as hidden, so that their definitions are invisible. (Analytica Enterprise only)
	Unhide Definition(s)	Unhides the currently selected node or module. This overrides any settings in parent modules to hide definitions. (Analytica Enterprise only)

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