Finding where else a product is used

Products rarely stand alone. Almost all products have child products. Even a product that appears to be a top-level product might be a child product in a different product.

When you find out where else a product is used, you gather a list of products that would change if you fixed a defect or updated a child product in the selected product.

Procedure

  1. In the products tree, right-click over a product and then select Find Use.
  2. In the Find Use dialog, view the results.

    Optionally, hover over a product and use the icons to the left to act on the product. For example, you can view the selected product by clicking the Show Product icon. View the history of the product by clicking the History icon. Discover other products that use the selected product by clicking the Find Use icon.

Example

This example shows all the products that use the Body Shell product. If the Body Shell product is recalled, the changes required to meet the safety standard impacts four car models.

The image shows the result of a find use for the Body Shell product.

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