Use the Usages/Dependencies Search Options dialog to find model elements that either use the selected element, or are used by it. You can search using different sets of criteria and analyze the search results to understand the relationships between model elements.


To open the Usages/Dependencies Search Options dialog

  • In the model browser or a diagram, right-click the element, the usages or dependencies of which you want to find, and select Related Elements > Used by/Depends On.


The Usages/Dependencies Search Options dialog with default search criteria selected.

The following tables describes the search options of the Usages/Dependencies Search Options dialog.

Dialog elementDescription

Load autoloadable used projects

Select this check box to include unloaded used projects in the usages search scope. Before starting the search, you can select the unloaded projects you want to load.

This check box is available only if you select the Used By command.

Search recursively

Select this check box to search for usages/dependencies for the selected element and all the elements it owns.

Ignore derived properties

Select this check box to exclude the derived properties of the selected element from the usages/dependencies search results.

It is recommended to select this check box, as including derived properties in the search scope may cause performance downgrade.

Ignore inter interrelations

Select this check box to exclude the usages/dependencies between the elements owned by the selected element from the usages/dependencies search results. This option allows you to analyze how the selected element and its owned elements are related to the outer elements (not owned by the selected element) of the model.

This option is only effective if you select the Search recursively check box as well.


Level of details

Select one of the predefined values (Classifiers or Packages), or click and select desired element types to define the level of details. If you select element types manually, the usages/dependencies search results will only display the elements of these types.

Treat relationships as search result

Select this check box to find a complete list of used/dependent relationships together with other results.

Treat model elements at the end of relationships as search result

Select this check box to exclude relationships from search results and only find the usages/dependencies connected with these relationships.

Show results in the new tab

Select this check box to display the results of each search in a new tab.

Show this dialog before searching

Select this check box to open the Usages/Dependencies Search Options dialog before a new search is started. If you leave the check box empty, the dialog will not open, and the next search will use the search options specified during your last search.

To open the Usages/Dependencies Search Options dialog, click on the toolbar of the usages/dependencies search results window.






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