A variable says no pages use it, or shows no usage at all

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What you are seeing

The details sidebar says No pages that you can see use this variable, or the delete warning says the same, although you know a page shows it. Or the Usage line is missing altogether.

#Why it happens

  • The page was published in the last few minutes and has not been indexed yet.

  • The page is one you cannot see. Counts only include pages you can view.

  • The page is a live doc. Live docs are not counted.

  • The page shows more than 200 different variables, and this one is past the first 200.

  • When the Usage line is missing, the count could not be worked out at all, so Variables says nothing rather than guess.

#What to do

Wait a few minutes and open the sidebar again. Before deleting a variable, ask a space administrator to check usage too, and check any live docs by hand. See Retire or replace a variable safely.

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