The Component Search is a feature that gives admins the power to locate, investigate and find references to a metadata component by Label, API name and ID simultaneously. It navigates the intricacies of the org metadata structure and allows the transition from manual examination to automated scan, where results are easily turned into action-oriented work items to be picked up by developers.
Prerequisites
Space on the Enterprise or Consulting plan with a Salesforce org connected
Editor permissions for the Org model to start the search
Viewer permissions for the Org model to view shared results
Metadata types available for search
Right now, you can perform the search for hard-coded references in the metadata types listed below.
Apex Classes
Apex Triggers
Aura Components Bundles
Configuration Records (Custom Metadata, Legacy Revenue Cloud)
Flows
Formula Fields
Lightning Web Components
Omniscripts
Omni Integration Procedures
Omni Data Transforms
Omni UI Cards
Validation Rules
How to access Component Search
Navigate to the metadata component and open Insights → Dependencies.
The Find Component References button is now restored and available for all metadata components.the right panel - in both situations, please find the ‘Search for references’ option.
Selecting Find Component References opens Find Metadata References, where you can:
Choose the search type: Search for a specific string or Find hard-coded IDs
Choose the search scope: Global search or specific metadata types
You can close the browser tab if you want, and come back to view the results when you are ready. The search will process independently of the browser being opened or dismissed.
Analyzing results
The results are presented in a table of metadata where the references to the desired component were found by any means of reference. The preset of columns allows filtering and sorting, and you can also reorder the columns' sequence.
The columns displayed in the results are
API name of the component in which the reference was found
Type of metadata where the reference was found
What is the value of the ID or string found
What kind of reference is it (Label / API Name / ID)
Number of times this reference was found in this metadata (by this type of reference)
Working with results
The results of your search allow you to take action on the selected references found.
Please select the lines with references you are interested in taking action on. The actions you can perform are:
mass tag (replace or add),
Create a single story for all selected nodes
Create an individual story for each of the selected nodes
Bulk update the Optimisation status for the selected nodes
Bulk update the Node assignee for the selected nodes
Open a dependency grid for further investigation
To perform any of those actions, please access the context menu the same way you have access to the ‘Node Search’ feature at the very beginning.