Referenced By

The Referenced By field shows records that point to the current record through a Reference field. It provides the reverse side of a relationship between records.

A Reference field answers, “Which records does this record point to?” A Referenced By field answers, “Which records point to this record?”

Common Uses

• Show deals, support records, or invoices linked to a customer.
• Show child records linked to a parent record.
• Check incoming links before you delete a record.
• Use the field as the source for a Lookup.

Configure The Field

A Project Administrator configures which incoming links Blue shows:

1. Add a field and select Referenced By.
2. Under Source workspace, select a workspace. Leave Any workspace selected to include incoming links from all accessible workspaces.
3. Under Reference field, select a field. Select Any Reference field to include all Reference fields in the source workspace.
4. Under Filter source records, add conditions to limit the results. Leave the filter empty to include all matching records up to the result limit.

Blue populates the field automatically. When a matching Reference value changes, Blue updates the Referenced By field.

A Referenced By field displays up to 200 matching records. Blue truncates additional matches from the field result.

Field Behavior

• The field is read-only. Change the source Reference value to add or remove an entry.
• Select a referenced record to open it in a side panel.

• Blue removes an entry when its source Reference no longer points to the current record.

Use The Field In A Lookup

A Lookup field can read values from records in a Referenced By field. This lets the Lookup follow the relationship in either direction.

For example, add a Referenced By field to a customer record and use Service Requests as the source workspace. A Lookup can then show due dates, statuses, tags, or assignees from the Referenced By result. You do not need another Reference field on the customer record.