Aug
18
2010
When you need to change a public element of an eSpace, such as an Action or a Web Block, it’s good to know before-hand where that element is being used, so you can anticipate possible problems. To do that, you can go to Service Center and check the References tab in the page relative to your eSpace. There you will find listed all the consumers of your eSpace, and if you click on the Details links next to each consumer eSpace, you can check which specific elements are being used:
To help to improve this process, I’ve recently published the References Dashboard component on the OutSystems Network. It has similar functionality to this tab of Service Center, but the consumers are grouped by element instead of by consumer eSpace, allowing for faster search:
