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title: Search and Link Workflow Block
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/search-and-link-workflow-block
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:33.190Z
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The **Search and Link** workflow block searches and links a business object record to another record.

*Search and Link Workflow Block Properties*

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## Exit Ports

| Exit Port | Function                                                                                             |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| OK        | Continue to the next block.                                                                          |
| Failed    | General exit port for a failed integration action. A logical next step is to trigger a notification. |

## Properties

| Property     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| Title        | A unique name for the workflow block.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Relationship | The relationship between the current business object and the business object to which you are linking.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Where        | Specify where to search the child business object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Operator     | A comparison operator that you can select from the list.<br />**Equal to**: The value in **Field** matches the value in **Criteria**.<br />**Not Equal to**: The value in **Field** does not match the value in **Criteria**.<br />**In List**: The value in **Field** starts with one or more of the values in **Criteria**.<br /><br />**Not in List**: The value in **Field** does not contain any of the values in **Criteria**.<br />**Greater than**: The value in **Field** does not contain the string value in **Criteria**.<br />**In&#x20;**: **Field** does not contain any values.<br />**Is Not Empty**: **Field** contains something (is not empty).<br />**Greater than**: The value in **Field** is greater than the value in the far right drop-down list.<br />**Less than**: The value in **Field** is greater than or equal to the value in the far right drop-down list.<br />**Greater or Equal**: The value in **Field** is greater than or equal to the value in the right drop-down list.<br />**Less or Equal**: The value in **Field** is less than or equal to the value in the right drop-down list.<br />**Begin with**: The value in **Field** starts with the value in **Criteria**.<br />**Not Begin with**: The value in **Field** does not start with the value in **Criteria**.<br />**Contains**: The value in **Field** contains the string value i&#x6E;**&#x20;Criteria**.<br />**Does not Contain**: The value in **Field** does not contain the string value in **Criteria**.<br />**Like (SQL format)**: The value in **Field** contains the string value in **Criteria**. Use SQL wildcards such as % to search.<br />**Not Like (SQL format)**: The value in **Field** does not contain the string value in **Criteria**. Use SQL wildcards such as % to search.<br />**Is empty**: does not contain any values.<br />**Is not empty**: contains some some value (is not empty)<br />**In Range**: In between from and to date Not In Range<br />**Not in Range**: Not in between from and to date<br />**Full text search**: (Only available when the value in Field is full-text indexed) Performs a Microsoft SQL full-text search on the value in Field using the WHERE CONTAINS (field, text,...) syntax.<br />**During**: means during the interval.<br />**Not During**: means not during the interval<br />**Before**: means before the beginning of the interval.<br />**Not Before**: means not before the beginning of the interval.<br />**After**: means after the end of the interval.<br />**Not After**: means not after the end of the interval.<br /> |
| String       | Adds a value for the comparison. Depending on the child business object, this can be a list or calendar selection.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

## Actions

| Button                                                                                                                                                           | Action                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/parib0MC3hVoUNdfQdnac/-xC2rFf08JbJHTGUTd_A3_addgreen.png" alt caption size="10" width="17" height="15"} | Adds an expression to the workflow block. |
| :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/parib0MC3hVoUNdfQdnac/x0Gj5FGSYrXBu80Fr8i50_delete.png" alt caption size="10" width="19" height="16"}   | Removes an expression from the list.      |
| Save                                                                                                                                                             | Commits your settings.                    |
| Cancel                                                                                                                                                           | Exits without saving.                     |