# Using the Where Used View

Vault allows you to create relationships between documents and also group documents together in binders. The **Where Used** view shows all inbound relationships or binder links for a specific document. The documents listed in this view are the source documents for the relationship.

## How to Use the Where Used View

To view inbound relationships for a document:

  1. From the Library, Doc Info page, or from within a binder, select **Where Used** from the document's **Actions** menu.
  2. The **Where Used** report loads in the Library's tabular view. As binder relationships are version-specific, you may see multiple versions of the same binder listed.
  3. Optional: Use the various library filtering features from this view. An additional filter allows you to filter by relationship type.
  4. Optional Click **Edit Columns** to change the columns that are displayed.
  5. Optional: Click **Export** to download the results into either CSV or Excel™ formats.
  6. Optional: From the results, click a link to view the related item.

## Where Used View & Versioning {#versions}

Vault contains document relationships that are version-specific (references) and relationships that are not (supporting documents, related claims, etc.). For version-specific relationships, the **Where Used** view shows an individual listing for each version of the source document where the relationship exists. For other relationships, the Where Used view only shows a single listing for the current version of the source document.

## Where Used & Relationship Reporting {#relationship-reporting}

Sometimes, you can answer the same question from the Where Used view or from a <a href="/en/gr/32722/">document relationship report</a>. However, there are several key differences: Where Used provides more thorough details, but only shows information for a single document at a time. Document relationship reports can measure relationships across all documents within the Vault.

This chart can provide more detail:

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  <tr>
    <td>
      &nbsp;
    </td>
    <td>
      <strong>Where Used</strong>
    </td>
    <td>
      <strong>Relationship Report</strong>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <p>
        <strong>Primary Use</strong>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Supports impact analysis: assessing the downstream impact of changing a document by identifying all other documents that refer to it
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Allows you to measure content reuse and identify outdated document copies; in some cases, you can use a relationship report for impact analysis, but the scope is narrower than Where Used
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <p>
        <strong>Scope</strong>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Limited to the context of a single document
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Shows relationships between any documents in the Vault, subject to your access and filters on the report
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <p>
        <strong>Relationship Types</strong>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Shows all document relationship types and binders to which the document belongs
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Can only show relationship types where the source document is not version-specific; see available relationship types by opening the <strong>Type</strong> field filter in the report builder
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <p>
        <strong>Document Versions</strong>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Shows all versions of related documents that point to the context document
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Shows the latest version of each document to which the user has access; special columns can show information about the target document version when the relationship was created and the target document&#8217;s latest steady state version of a target document to help identify outdated copies
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <p>
        <strong>Visible Metadata</strong>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Shows:
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          All attributes of the document with an inbound relationship
        </li>
        <li>
          Related document&#8217;s version
        </li>
        <li>
          Relationship type
        </li>
      </ul>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>
        Shows:
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          All attributes of the source and target document
        </li>
        <li>
          Relationship type
        </li>
      </ul>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>