Getting Direct References
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. To do that, you need to establish a connection to an Enterprise Analyzer or COBOL Analyzer repository in the Analysis Server Explorer window.
There are two ways to get the direct references for files: from Solution Explorer and from the Analysis References window.
To get direct references from Solution Explorer:
- Select one or more files, right-click and select .
- In the Find Direct References dialog box, specify a workspace to search for references, and click OK.
From the Analysis References window:
- Click
Search for Direct References in the
Analysis References window task bar. This opens the
Find Direct References dialog box
- Type the file names separated by commas, and click OK. The search field supports wildcards.
- Right-click a workspace in Analysis Server Explorer, and click Search for Direct References.
The Analysis References window displays information about the references such as copybooks used, calls to other programs, JCL files, etc. The results also include information about server paths and local paths.
- Customize the columns that are displayed and the grouping of the results. The columns you can select are: Query File, Query File Path, Query File Type, Reference, Reference Path, Type, and Relation.
- Group the results by: Query File, Query File Local Path, Query File Path, Query File Type, Reference, Similar Local Path, Reference Path, Type, and Relation.