Using the Navigator

The Navigator provides access to all your Oracle Portal objects, including pages, content areas, applications, and database objects.

To use the Navigator:

  1. Access the Navigator.

  2. Click the relevant tab, depending on what type of object you are looking for.

  3. The Navigator displays a list of objects and the various actions you are authorized to perform on those objects. The list of actions will vary depending on your privileges.

  4. Clicking on the name of an object will do one of three things:

    • If it is a page or content area, it will display the page or content area.

    • If it is a hierarchical object (that is, an object that can contain other objects, for example a folder, application, or schema), it will drill down to the objects beneath it.

    • If it is a non-hierarchical object (for example, a style, form, or table), it will take you to the page for editing the object.

    Note: To drill down to the objects beneath a page, click SubPages. To drill down to the objects beneath a content area, click Contents.

  5. Use the Path to quickly navigate back up to parent objects.

  6. Use the arrow buttons to sort the objects in the order that will best enable you to locate the object you are looking for. The green arrow indicates the current sort order.

  7. If you know the name, or part of the name, of the object you are looking for, you can use the Find field to search in the current tab of the Navigator for that object.

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Accessing the Navigator