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Viewing Unused Variables

You can view a list of all variables that have been created in your project but have not yet been used in any topics or other files. You can quickly delete any of the variables that you do not plan to use.

Closedhow to view unused variables
  1. Open a project.

  2. Select the View ribbon. In the Dynamic Reports section, select More Reports > Unused Items.

    The Unused Items window pane opens, which allows you to view various unused elements in the project (such as bookmarks, condition tags, content files, CSH IDs, images, variables, styles, file tags, and topics not linked).

  3. Click the drop-down field at the top of the window pane and select Unused Variables. The unused variables in the project are listed.

  4. To see more of the information in the window pane, drag the divider bar to make the pane wider:

    • Variable Displays the name of the variable not being used.
    • File Displays the name of the variable set where the variable is located.
    • Definition Displays the text associated with the variable.

  5. If a certain number of items have been found, page navigation buttons in the local toolbar may be enabled. You can use these buttons to go to additional pages to display more items. You also have the option to view all items at once in one long list. This is called the View All option. You can toggle these views by clicking the View All/View as Pages button in the local toolbar. The button displays the opposite of whatever view is currently activated (e.g., If the View All option is currently active, the button shows View as Pages to indicate that if clicked, the button will switch the window pane to the View as Pages option).

  6. If you want to remove any unused variables from Analyzer, as well as from the project being analyzed, select the variable in the list and click in the local toolbar.

  7. You can open the set file for any variable in the list to view or modify it in the Variable Set Editor. You can open the variable set in the Analyzer interface or in the Flare project.

    to open the file in the analyzer interface

    Double-click the file in the window pane. The benefit of using this method is that it is quick and convenient. You have access to the features normally available in the editor (but not necessarily to all of the features available elsewhere in Flare).

    to open the file in flare

    1. In the window pane, click on the file.
    2. Select File > Send to Flare.

    The benefit of using this method is that you have access to all of the features in the application, not just those available from the editor.

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Note: You can also include this information in reports that you create. See About Reports.