Type Clause for the Expand Businessobject command

This clause displays all related objects of a specific object type. This clause is useful when you are working with an object that can be connected to multiple object types. If the starting object can connect with only one object type, this form is similar to the Relationship form using a wild character pattern.

For example, assume you have an object that contains a training course. To this object you might have related objects that are of type Evaluation, Student, Materials, and Locations. You might want to examine all the Evaluation type objects to trace the course’s progress in meeting student needs. You might enter a command similar to:

expand businessobject Course “Money & Marketing” 3 type Evaluation;

This command lists all related objects that have the Evaluation type. Those objects might belong to multiple relationship types (such as Professional Evaluation Relationship or Student Evaluation Relationship). It does not matter if the related objects are defined as the FROM end or the TO end of the relationship. Only the object type is important to locate and display the output objects.

If the specified type has sub-types, these are also listed. For example: 

expand bus Assembly 12345 1 type Part;

might return all Component and Assembly, as well as Part objects.