How to find references to an entity, attribute, or association in a
project
When working on large projects with many assets, it is a real
convenience to find everywhere an entity, attribute, or association is referenced in the
project. This feature reveals the vocabulary item's usage and impact, and lets you
easily navigate to each instance. Just right-click on an entity, attribute, or
association name in the Vocabulary editor, and then choose Find
References to initiate a search.
The search examines all Rulesheets, Ruleflows, and Ruletests in the
project, then lists each match within each asset. Double-clicking on a match opens the
asset and puts the focus at that location, as shown:
Right-clicking on a match presents a menu of navigation options as well
as their keyboard shortcuts, as shown:
When the attribute is a custom data type, the search results indicate
the Data Type Name and value, as shown:
When results are in Ruletests, the results detail the testsheet, tree,
and node, as shown: