# Finding elements / columns / etc wherever they are used
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/finding-elements-columns-etc-wherever-they-are-used/27259
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/finding-elements-columns-etc-wherever-they-are-used/27259 "2021-05-26T15:01:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Turrell](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark_Turrell)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/finding-elements-columns-etc-wherever-they-are-used/27259/1 "2021-05-26T15:01:36Z")
This might be coming, but currently I am living in many flavors of hell because I cannot find where columns are referenced or values are set. It is an entirely manual process. I have a ‘toggle-isassigning’ that controls several things… and might be set in 3 - 4 different places. Maybe 5. But where???
Not a problem for simple apps. Horrible nightmare for complex ones.
I cannot ‘export design’ as a text file to search… it is all poking about and hunting. A horrible experience (for advanced users on very complex apps)
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/finding-elements-columns-etc-wherever-they-are-used/27259/2 "2021-10-24T13:33:32Z")
This one was released a couple of months ago.
> **[Managing Columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/managing-columns#find-all-uses)**
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/finding-elements-columns-etc-wherever-they-are-used/27259/3 "2021-10-24T13:33:37Z")