Is there a way to find all flows into which a particular subflow has been deployed?

Get it's id from the sidebar info tab then search that.

If you search (Ctrl+F) for the subflow name it should find the definition and the uses.

It should. But searching for the sublflow, brings me to the subflow itself. Where could I find where it has been used?

This question came up recently on the forum. As Steve says, the only reliable way to do it today is to search for the 'id' of the subflow. In the imminent 1.3 release, the info sidebar tree view has a link to show all instances of a given subflow.

I guess searching by name worked for me because all of them have the subflow name in each use.

Yes - that is the same conclusion you came to in the previous thread.

Well at least I am consistent. Senile decay is useful at times, I can deny everything with a clear conscience.

Don't worry... my senile decay is worst than yours as I didn't find your question before posting mine!

[image] fmarzocca: I didn't find your question before posting mine! What question?

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Colin 1 March 2021 13:58 10

Aargh, it's even worse, it was me that asked the question last time!

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