System Functions

Find System Function Usages… finds where built-in functions such as FINDSET, MODIFY or DELETE are applied to one object. It finds explicit calls on a variable, as in CustomerRec.FINDSET(FALSE, FALSE);, and implicit calls inside the object itself, as in FINDSET(FALSE, FALSE);.

Opening the System Functions window

Right-click an object in the Object index, or its heading in the Object view, and choose Find System Function Usages….
In Universal Search, select the object, press Tab and choose Find System Function Usages….

Your license must include finding usages. The System Functions window opens, listing the functions that apply to that object's type.

The System Functions window

Prism for C/AL System Functions window with DELETE and DELETEALL checked for table Sales Header — DELETE and DELETEALL checked for table Sales Header.

#	Name	Description
1	System function usages of object	The object the functions are applied to.
2	Search	Narrows the function list to the names that contain the text.
3	Collapse all groups	Collapses every group.
4	Expand all groups	Expands every group.
5	Group	The functions in groups: Create, Read, Update, Delete and Other.
6	Function	Check each function to search for. You can check functions in several groups.
7	Search	Enabled once a function is checked. Closes the window and finds the usages.
8	Cancel	Closes the window without searching.

The results open in the Usages window. For a table, its filter panel can leave out usages on temporary records; see Temporary record filter.

Find where records of a table are deleted

Use this when records disappear and you need every piece of code that can delete them. The example uses sales documents.

Press Ctrl+T, type t36 and press Enter to open table 36 Sales Header.
Right-click the object heading in the object view and choose Find System Function Usages….
Under Delete, check DELETE and DELETEALL, and select Search.
In the Usages window, press Ctrl+O and choose Zoom in on physical usages to leave out deletes of temporary records.
Type Invoice in the search box to narrow the list to the lines that mention it, or select each usage to read it in context.

Find where records of a table are inserted or modified

Open the table and choose Find System Function Usages… from its context menu.
Check the functions under Create and Update, such as INSERT, MODIFY and MODIFYALL, and RENAME under Other, and select Search.
Press Ctrl+O and choose Zoom in on physical usages to leave out temporary records.

To find where one field is changed, use Find where a field is written instead.

Behavior

Window title: Find built-in function usages.
Search box: filters the function list a moment after you stop typing; it does not search code.
Functions offered: depend on the object's type, so a table lists the record functions.