Searching for the references to an instance

You can search for its super references (the instances in which a selected instance is called) or its subreferences (the instances that are called by the selected instance).

Procedure

  1. You can start the search from one of the two following views:
    • The Design Explorer view.
    • The result view of a Design Search.

    The location is which you want to start the search must be open (open location icon).

  2. Click an entity line to display its instances.
    Note: You can also search for the subreferences of the COBOL generated file of a Program, Screen, or Server (.cbl file nested under the instance).
  3. Right-click an instance and select References > Subreferences or References > Super references.
    Note: From the References menu, you can also search for a Macro cross-references. This choice opens a specific result view.

Results

You automatically switch to the References view where the result of the reference search is displayed. The view title reminds the type of references displayed (References (Super) or References (Sub)) as well as the instance name.
Note: If you search for the subreferences of a generated file, the References view displays the instances that are involved in the file generation.

To toggle from the super references to the subreferences, click the subreferences button in the view toolbar.

To toggle from the subreferences to the super references, click the super references button.


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