CONTEXT

Synopsis

SHOW REFERENCES TO qualified_name

SHOW IMPACT OF qualified_name

SHOW CONTEXT OF qualified_name [ DEPTH n ]

Description

These commands provide different views of cross-reference information for a given element. All three require REFRESH CATALOG FULL to have been run beforehand.

SHOW REFERENCES TO lists all elements that reference the specified element. This includes microflows that use an entity, pages that display it, associations that connect to it, and any other form of reference.

SHOW IMPACT OF performs an impact analysis showing what would be affected if the specified element were changed or removed. This is broader than SHOW REFERENCES as it considers transitive dependencies and indirect effects.

SHOW CONTEXT OF assembles the surrounding context of an element – its definition, its callers, callees, and related elements – suitable for providing to an LLM or for understanding an element in its broader project context. The optional DEPTH parameter controls how many levels of related elements to include.

Parameters

qualified_name: The fully qualified name of the element to analyze (e.g., Module.EntityName, Module.MicroflowName).
n (CONTEXT only): The number of levels of related elements to include. Defaults to 1 if not specified. Higher values include more surrounding context but produce more output.

Examples

Find all references to an entity

REFRESH CATALOG FULL;
SHOW REFERENCES TO Sales.Customer;

Analyze impact before making changes

SHOW IMPACT OF Sales.Customer;

Gather context for a microflow

SHOW CONTEXT OF Sales.ACT_CreateOrder;

Gather deeper context

SHOW CONTEXT OF Sales.ACT_CreateOrder DEPTH 3;

Check impact before moving an element

SHOW IMPACT OF Sales.CustomerEdit;
MOVE PAGE Sales.CustomerEdit TO NewModule;

From the command line

-- Shell commands:
-- mxcli refs -p app.mpr Sales.Customer
-- mxcli impact -p app.mpr Sales.Customer
-- mxcli context -p app.mpr Sales.ACT_CreateOrder --depth 3

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