Thanks for the ideas. I found the table DashBdChuck where I can run a Like search to find the field. Now I just have to see if one of them is coming from the table we are looking for.
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Mark Wonsil <mark_wonsil@...> wrote:
>
> The first thing I would do is create a BAQ to display that field and see if
> there's anything in there. That will show if you have an active
> customization using it.
>
> Many people use Extended Property Maintenance to add labels to their UD
> fields to document the use of the field.
>
> Finally, Customization Maintenance will show you which field is used in a
> customization but not as easily and you'd like. Search for customizations
> and then select each one, choose Actions from the menu and Show Custom
> Data, click on the properties tab and sort on PropertyName and search for
> epiBinding. You'll see the fields use in the PropertyValue column.
>
> If I were to guess, the data is in the XXXDef and XXXChunk tables but the
> information is encoded in someway...so I'm not totally positive.
>
> Mark W.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:14 AM, kurt_hilborn <khilborn@...>wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > We are using Epicor 9.05.701.
> > Does anyone know of a way to search customizations to find if a database
> > column is being used?
> > Example: in Order Entry we want to use the database field Character01. In
> > checking the database we found 1 order that has a value for that field but
> > we can't find it used in any of our customizations.
> > Does Epicor have such a search or does someone have a script that would do
> > the search?
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
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