This article explains how to preview the references of a data source or a data source item. Data sources can reference one another to reutilize the items present in one data source into another data source.
Prerequisites
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How to preview the references of a data source
- Select the Resources tab in the Admin Center.
- Select the desired data source.
- Click on the ellipsis menu.
- Click View references:
TipThe data source structure map can also be used to see all the data sources and their relations. |
How to preview the references of a data source item
- Select the Resources tab in the Admin Center.
- Navigate to the data source containing the desired item.
- Click Open data source.
- Select the desired item.
- Click on the ellipsis menu.
- Click View references:
Reference types
Below the reference types available once opening the View references popup.
Users reference
Users reference means that the data source or the data source item is currently being used by users in their User Profiles. It shows the number of times this specific item is being used in User Profiles:
Example
The 'Countries' data source contains the data source item 'United States' and it's being used as a dropdown in the User Profile. Viewing the references will allow you to see how many times this option was picked in the User Profile dropdown.
Email signature reference
Email signatures reference means that the data source or the data source item is used inside an email signature component as a direct link using the DataSources[] function. This is generally used for images and logos.
Example
The 'Countries' data source contains an image item named 'United States' and in Email Signature, the image is directly referenced inside the HTML of a bottom campaign with {{DataSources.Countries["United States"].BannerImage}}
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Resources references
Resources can be referenced to other resources in two ways, either as a data source reference or as a data source item reference.
This means that this data source item is being used inside another data source. You will be able to preview the number of times this specific item is being used in other resources:
Example
The 'Countries' data source contains the data source item 'United States' and it's being used as a reference in another data source called 'Name'.
- Name (1 data source reference) means that 'United States' is being used as a default value in the schema field of the 'Name' data source.
- Name (3 data source item references) means that 3 items from the 'Name' data source are referencing 'United States'.
Libraries references
Libraries reference means that the data source is currently being used by templates or assets in the Libraries. You will be able to preview the number of times this specific data source is being used in templates or assets:
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