LIST MODULES, LIST ENTITIES

The SHOW family of commands lists project elements by type. They are the fastest way to see what a project contains.

Listing modules

Every Mendix project is organized into modules. Start by listing them:

LIST MODULES;

Example output:

MyFirstModule
Administration
Atlas_Core
System

By default, system and marketplace modules (like System and Atlas_Core) are included. The modules appear in the order they are defined in the project.

Listing entities

To see all entities across all modules:

LIST ENTITIES;

Example output:

Administration.Account
MyFirstModule.Customer
MyFirstModule.Order
MyFirstModule.OrderLine

Each entity is shown as a qualified name – the module name and entity name separated by a dot.

Filtering by module

Most SHOW commands accept an IN clause to filter results to a single module:

LIST ENTITIES IN MyFirstModule;

MyFirstModule.Customer
MyFirstModule.Order
MyFirstModule.OrderLine

This is typically what you want when working on a specific module.

Listing microflows

LIST MICROFLOWS;

Administration.ChangeMyPassword
MyFirstModule.ACT_Customer_Save
MyFirstModule.ACT_Order_Process
MyFirstModule.DS_Customer_GetAll

Filter to a module:

LIST MICROFLOWS IN MyFirstModule;

MyFirstModule.ACT_Customer_Save
MyFirstModule.ACT_Order_Process
MyFirstModule.DS_Customer_GetAll

Listing pages

LIST PAGES;

Administration.Account_Overview
Administration.Login
MyFirstModule.Customer_Overview
MyFirstModule.Customer_Edit
MyFirstModule.Order_Detail

Filter to a module:

LIST PAGES IN MyFirstModule;

MyFirstModule.Customer_Overview
MyFirstModule.Customer_Edit
MyFirstModule.Order_Detail

Other SHOW commands

The same pattern works for all major element types:

LIST ENUMERATIONS;
LIST ENUMERATIONS IN MyFirstModule;

LIST ASSOCIATIONS;
LIST ASSOCIATIONS IN MyFirstModule;

LIST WORKFLOWS;
LIST WORKFLOWS IN MyFirstModule;

LIST NANOFLOWS;
LIST NANOFLOWS IN MyFirstModule;

LIST CONSTANTS;
LIST CONSTANTS IN MyFirstModule;

LIST SNIPPETS;
LIST SNIPPETS IN MyFirstModule;

You can also list security-related elements:

LIST MODULE ROLES;
LIST MODULE ROLES IN MyFirstModule;

LIST USER ROLES;

LIST DEMO USERS;

And navigation:

LIST NAVIGATION;

Using SHOW from the command line

Every SHOW command works as a CLI one-liner with -c:

mxcli -p app.mpr -c "LIST ENTITIES"
mxcli -p app.mpr -c "LIST MICROFLOWS IN MyFirstModule"
mxcli -p app.mpr -c "LIST PAGES"

This is useful for quick lookups without entering the REPL, and for piping output to other tools:

# Count entities per module
mxcli -p app.mpr -c "LIST ENTITIES" | cut -d. -f1 | sort | uniq -c

# Find all microflows with "Save" in the name
mxcli -p app.mpr -c "LIST MICROFLOWS" | grep -i save

Summary of SHOW commands

Now that you can list elements, the next step is inspecting individual elements in detail with DESCRIBE and SEARCH.