Search Results View

The Search Results view can appear in several versions.

version name

opened via

Search Result

Show Unused Elements option in the Extras menu

EXAMPLE

Elements referencing '<element>'

Show Referencing Elements option
in the Extras menu or the element's context menu

EXAMPLE

Each version contains the following elements:

Elements tab

This tab corresponds largely to the element view of the Component Manager.

The Search Results version has an additional column, Parent, which lists the origins of unused elements in included (directly or indirectly) components.

EXAMPLE
A project contains a module, which contains a class named Integrator. The Integrator class contains a dependent parameter, Sqrt_Ki, which is not used in the class. If the Search Results view is opened with the Show Unused Elements option, Sqrt_Ki appears in the list with the following entry in column Parent:

The Elements Referencing * version has an additional column, Found in Dataset. If applicable, this column contains the name(s) of the dataset(s) where the referenced element was found.

EXAMPLE
After the Resolve Globals command, a project contains an explicit reference named array_ref. In the Data dataset, array_ref is initialized with the exported variable array. If the Search Results view is opened with the Show Referencing Elements option from the context menu of array, array_ref appears in the list with the following entry in column Found in Dataset:

Data tab
This tab corresponds to the data view of the Component Manager.
Implementation tab
This tab corresponds to the implementation view of the Component Manager.

context menu

The context menu of the Search Results view contains largely the same context menu options as the tabs in the Browse view. However, some context menu options are added here, and others have a special meaning:

Edit and Rename
These context menu options are only available for elements on project level. You cannot edit or rename elements in included components.

Delete

Deletes the element from its parent component.

NOTICE
Component functionality may be damaged You cannot determine, from the project editor, whether the element of an included component is potentially used in another variant of its parent component. Deleting an element that is unused in the component variant included in the project, but used in other variants, will probably damage the functionality of the other variants. To avoid this damage, check the variants of the affected included component before you delete the element.

NOTICE

Component functionality may be damaged

You cannot determine, from the project editor, whether the element of an included component is potentially used in another variant of its parent component.

Deleting an element that is unused in the component variant included in the project, but used in other variants, will probably damage the functionality of the other variants.

To avoid this damage, check the variants of the affected included component before you delete the element.

Go To

The effect of this context menu option depends on whether the element has the parent Project or the parent <included component>.

Parent	effect of Go To
Project	Selects the element in the Outline tab of the project editor. If the element is an included component, its sub-tree is expanded.
<included component>	Opens the parent component of the unused element and selects the element in the Outline tab.

Get Lock
Note
Only available when the element's parent component is under version control and ASCET-SCM is installed.
Gets a lock on the parent component.
Create ASCET Link
Creates an ASCET link that opens the unused or referenced element's direct parent component and selects the element.