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Explore page

Use the Explore page to work with your Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services projects, folders, and assets.

Finding projects and assets on the Explore page

Use any of the following methods to find your projects and assets on the Explore page:

•Explore by projects and folders. View all projects or select a particular project.
•Explore by asset types. View all assets or view assets of a particular type.
•Explore by tags. View assets associated with a particular tag.
•Search for projects, folders, or assets. To search for projects, folders, and assets in the organization, view the Explore page by All Projects, and then enter a name or description in the Find box. Or, view the Explore page by Asset Types and to narrow your search, select an asset type from the All Assets list. Then, in the Find box, enter a name or description in full or part.
•Sort the search results. Sort the Explore page by name, asset type, last update date, create date, or description. When you sort by type, the Explore page groups assets by asset type. It does not list the asset types in alphabetical order.
•Filter the objects on the page. To filter objects, click the Filter icon. To apply a filter, click Add Filter, select the property to filter by, and then enter the property value. The filters that are available depend on how you view the page. You can specify multiple filters.

For example, to find all the assets in your organization with the tag SW Region, view the Explore page by All Assets and then click the Filter icon. Add the Tags filter and enter "SW Region."

If the result size is large, for example, over 1000 objects, all the objects appear on the Explore page but the total number of objects that displays at the top and bottom of the page can be approximate for a minute or so.

Tip: Filtering is available on other pages in addition to the Explore page.

The All Assets view displays on the Explore page. The page is filtered to display assets that have the "east" tag.

You can see projects, folders, and assets for all of the services that you use. If you select an asset to open it or perform an action, and the asset is created in a different service than the one you have open, the service opens in a new browser tab.

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Working with projects and assets on the Explore page

Perform actions on projects, folders, and assets on the Explore page. To see what actions you can perform on an object, in the row that contains the object, click the Actions icon, as shown in the following image:

An asset is highlighted on the Explore page and the Actions menu for the asset displays a list of some of the options such as Properties, View, Edit, and Run.

You can also perform an action on multiple objects at one time. Select the check box to the left of each object, or select the Select All check box to select all of the objects that are displayed on the current page. The following image shows the Select All check box in use:

The Select All check box is to the left of the Name column label on the Explore page. All of the assets on the page are selected.

After you select the objects, click Actions in the row of any of the selected objects.

Alternatively, you can use the Selection menu to choose the action, as shown in the following image:

The selection menu link displays the number of objects selected and the selection menu lists the options you can perform on the selected objects such as Select None, Copy To, Move To, Tags, and Delete.

Customizing the Explore page

You can display, hide, or rearrange columns on the Explore page. To display or hide columns, right-click the column heading area and select or clear the column headings in the list. The headings in the list depend on whether projects, assets, or tags are in view on the Explore page.

In the following example, the Updated By, Created On, and Created By columns will be hidden when All Projects is selected:

The properties menu shows a list of object properties to display on the Explore page. Properties currently displayed on the Explore page have a check mark to the left of the property name. In this image Name, Type, and Updated On are checked so they appear on the Explore page. Updated By and Created On are not checked so they are not displayed on the Explore page.

To rearrange columns, click a column heading and drag it to a different location.