Searching for Data Element usages

You can search for the usages of a Data Element in the code that is entered manually in the PROCEDURE DIVISION of generated Programs, Screens, or Servers (.cbl extension).

Procedure

  1. Open one of the following views:
    • The Design Explorer view,
    • The result view of a Design search,
    • The result view of a Subreference search.

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

  2. Right-click a Data Element in one of these views and select Usage search.
  3. In the dialog box that opens. you can filter the .cbl files on which the search is to run. You can modify the default file name.
    Note: If you start the search from the Design Explorer view or from the result view of a Design search, all the .cbl files of the location are proposed by default. However, if you start the search from the results of a Subreference search, the .cbl file from which the reference search was run is proposed by default.
  4. Click OK.

Results

You automatically switch to the Usage search view, where the search results are displayed..


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