Searching Usages (Where-Used)

Prerequisites

The improvements in the Where-used view like the general and filter functionalities from the toolbar and context menu are provided for SAP NetWeaver Release 7.31 SP14 and higher as well as Release 7.40 SP08 and higher.

Context

You can investigate where a development object or element is used within an ABAP package.

You can execute the where-used search from the following positions:
  • Project Explorer
  • Outline
  • Source code editor
  • Another where-used result

Example

The following procedure describes how to search for the usage of a development object from the Project Explorer:

Procedure

  1. In the Project Explorer, select the relevant development object.
  2. From the context menu or the toolbar, choose Get Where-Used List....

Results

The Search view is opened, and the relationships and usages of the development object and their elements are displayed.

Example of a search view that displays the hits and relationships of an ABAP class
Example of a search view that displays the hits and relationships of an ABAP class

To display the number of matches instead of a placeholder, expand the corresponding tree level.

From here you can run an ABAP unit test or another where-used search for a development object or an element.

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