About the Used by App Explorer

Use the Used by App Explorer tool to quickly access the rules that are referenced in the current application but are in RuleSets other than those that make up the current application.

Basics

1. Select File > Open > Work Pool to learn or change your current work pool.
2. Click the U tab of the Explorer tab group to present the Used by App Explorer. (If the U tab does not appear, you can update your preferences to make it visible.)
3. The Used by App explorer presents a four-level tree structure. Icons at four levels correspond to:
   • — a work type, a concrete class derived from Work- that is included in your application. The subtree includes all rules with that type as the Applies To key part.
   • — a category name within work type, one of the groupings of rules
   • — a rule type within the category (within the work type). The text is in italics.
   • — a single rule instance.
4. Click a plus sign () to expand a work type to access categories. Expand a category to access rule or data types in that category.
5. One type (marked with a check) at the top of the list is the most frequently accessed type. Other types appear in alphabetical order.
6. Click the common name label to present a list of all rules or data objects of that type.

Right-click to access instances, rules, or adjust the tree

For quick access to rules, place your mouse pointer in the Used by App explorer and right-click to access a context menu. The menu choices that appear depend on the class visible to the topic of the display, shown as [Class] in the examples below, and the location of the pointer. Select a menu item:

• New > Category > Rule Type — Create a new rule. The system defaults the [Class] value as the Applies To class of the new rule.
• Save As — Copy the currently selected rule.
• View > Category > Rule Type — List existing rules of the selected type with [Class] as the Applies To key part.
• Instances > View — List instances of the [Class ] class in the workspace. For example, if the [Class] class corresponds to a work type, the list shows the work objects of that type.
• Instances > Popup — List instances of the [Class] class in a pop-up window. The contents are the same as produced by the Instances > View menu selection.
• Definition — Open the Class form for the [Class] class.
• Inheritance — Presents the Class Inheritance display for the [Class] class. See Help: Using the Class Inheritance display.
• Define Properties — Starts the Define Properties wizard to let you create additional properties in the [Class] class. See About the Define Properties wizard.
• Preview — Open the selected property rule and start the Property Explorer. See Property form — Working with the Explore window.
• Related Rules — Display a submenu of options all involving other rules related to the selected rule. See Developer portal basics — Using the Related Rules menu.
• Define Expression — Create a Declare Expression rule with the selected property rule as a target. See About Declare Expression rules.
• Collapse All — Redraw the entire Used by App Explorer tree with all nodes below the class nodes collapsed.
• Refresh [Class] — Refresh and redisplay the currently visible portion of the entire Used by App Explorer tree, which may then reflect recent additions, deletions, or renames of rules by other developers.
• Refresh All — Refresh the entire Used by App Explorer tree.

Notes

Some rule types do not have an Applies To key part. Use the selection list to select such used rules by type.

This feature depends on Referencing Rules indexing, which is not always complete. Your application may reference rules that do not appear in the Used By App Explorer display.

	category, common name, rule type, work type
	About the Application Explorer Common names for rules Common names for data instances Developer portal — Setting preferences Explorer tools — Workspace results

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