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
- In the Project Explorer, select the relevant development
object.
- 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.
Figure 1:
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.