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  1. Preface
  2. Understanding the Repository
  3. Using the Repository Manager
  4. Folders
  5. Managing Object Permissions
  6. Local and Global Shortcuts
  7. Team-Based Development with Versioned Objects
  8. Labels
  9. Object Queries
  10. Team-Based Development with Deployment Groups
  11. Copying Folders and Deployment Groups
  12. Exporting and Importing Objects
  13. Exchanging Metadata
  14. Copying Objects
  15. Metadata Extensions
  16. Appendix A: MX Views Reference
  17. Appendix B: PowerCenter Reports Reference

Repository Guide

Repository Guide

Creating a Local Shortcut

Creating a Local Shortcut

You can reuse metadata within a single repository by creating a local shortcut. You can create a local shortcut to objects in a shared folder in the same repository. If an object is in a non-shared folder, you can make a
copy
of the object.
You can create a local shortcut in any folder in the repository. After you create a local shortcut, you can reuse it within the same folder. After you create a shortcut, it appears in the Navigator as an available repository object with the shortcut icon. When you drag the resulting shortcut into the workspace, the same shortcut icon appears. The Designer names shortcuts after the original object by default, Shortcut_To_
ObjectName
.
For example, when you create a shortcut to the DetectChanges reusable Expression transformation, the shortcut, named Shortcut_To_DetectChanges appears in the Transformations node of the folder. When you drag it into the workspace, the shortcut icon indicates the transformation is a shortcut.
When you drag an object from a shared folder to a business component directory, the Designer creates a shortcut if the object does not exist in the destination folder.
You can create a local shortcut in the Navigator or in the workspace.

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