Displaying available patterns

The Pattern Explorer view lists all of the installed patterns available for pattern application in your workspace. Other patterns may be accessible from local or remote repositories.

Pattern authors provide keywords when they design patterns to assist the pattern applier in finding the appropriate patterns for their needs. The search mechanism also finds matches in the pattern's metadata that can include pattern element names, pattern names, version numbers, and descriptions.

After you search for a pattern, a list of matches is displayed in the Search view. You can select a match and view it in its repository.

Both the Pattern Explorer view and the Pattern Repository node in the Asset Explorer view list the same patterns. Thus, patterns listed in the Search view are members of the Pattern Repository and can be viewed in either view. Note that searching multiple repositories may result in matches to other types of RAS assets that do not contain patterns.

You can review the pattern's RAS asset documentation for a pattern in the Asset Explorer view or the documentation for a pattern in the Pattern Explorer view. The documentation is similar, but the pattern documentation is pattern-specific.

Patterns are organized into groups in the Pattern Explorer view. A pattern can be listed in more than one group. You can add groups and copy or move patterns between existing and new groups. However, patterns maintain their original group designations in their metadata. You can return all patterns to their original groups in the Pattern Explorer view by clicking the down arrow and clicking Restore Default Groups. Original groups are restored with their member patterns even if the groups were deleted.

Related concepts
Reusable Asset Specification (RAS) pattern assets
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