Viewing a Where Used report

You can view a Where Used report when you want to track and verify the appropriateness that a modification would make to a topic, image, variable, or condition that is reused in multiple publications and maps.

Procedure

  1. In the Publication Manager, open a publication:
    1. Select Publication > Open.
      The tree view of the repository is displayed.
    2. Locate the folder in the repository that contains your publications and select it.
    3. In the right pane, select the publication you want to open.
    4. Select Open.
  2. In the publication tree in the left pane, select the object, variable, or condition for which you want to view the Where Used report.
    To locate and select:Click:
    an objectthe Content tab
    a variablethe Variables tab
    a conditionthe Conditions tab
  3. Click View > Where Used
    • The Where Used report appears at the bottom of the screen displaying a list of where the selected item is used in the publication.
    • To view where the selected item is reused in the entire repository, open the drop-down select field in the right corner of the report then click Entire Repository.