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Corticon Studio: Rule Modeling Guide : Rule writing techniques and logical equivalents : Finding references to an entity, attribute, or association in a project
 

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Finding references to an entity, attribute, or association in a project

When working on large projects with many assets, it 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, as shown:
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: