Getting Direct References

Note: This functionality is only available if you are connected to a Micro Focus Enterprise Analyzer or COBOL Analyzer repository.

As a developer, you need to be able to see if changing a file will affect the other files in your project as well as the files in the whole application.

There are two ways to get the direct references for files:

From the COBOL Explorer or the Project Explorer view:
- Select one or more files, right-click and select Search Analysis Server > Get Direct References, then select a specific workspace, or all workspaces.
From the Analysis Server Explorer view:
- Select one or more workspaces, right-click and select Search for Direct References. Type file names separated by commas and click OK.

The Get Direct References Results view shows information about the references such as copybooks used, calls to other programs, etc., as well as properties such as source name, source type and the source path on the server. If more than one match is found, all are displayed.