Question
Rule references
When I use rule reference to view referencing rule it does't give any rule, but when I use the search it show lot of rules. Actually what is the most secure way to find all rule that are referencing?
Most secure way to find out all references is a combination of both. You also have to make sure indexing is proper not to miss out any rule while searching.
Rule references are created when one rule refer other in a model driven way (Property-Set etc. ). They are stored in each rule. In your example, if you open XML for your data page referred in the screenshot, you will find a pxRuleReferences page which contains all rules that this data page refers. Similarly, other rules which use this data page will have an entry in their pxRuleReferences.
Note: Using or calling rules directly in java steps will not make an entry in pxRuleReferences and hence will not come in View References window.
Let us know if this helps :)
Rule reference and content search is not same.
Rule reference is a list of rules where direct reference exists like flow action to flow, property in section.
Datapage reference is a kind of string reference and thus not listed in the rule reference window.