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Explore Project

Explore and understand the Mendix project structure.

Start Here: Project Structure Overview

All element names in the output are fully qualified (Module.Element). In VS Code terminals, these are clickable links — click any element name to open its MDL description.

-- Get a compact overview of the entire project (best first command)
SHOW STRUCTURE;

-- Module-level summary with element counts
SHOW STRUCTURE DEPTH 1;

-- Elements with signatures (default) — entities, microflows, pages, etc.
SHOW STRUCTURE DEPTH 2;

-- Full types and parameter names
SHOW STRUCTURE DEPTH 3;

-- Focus on a single module
SHOW STRUCTURE IN ModuleName;

-- Include system/marketplace modules
SHOW STRUCTURE DEPTH 1 ALL;

CLI equivalent:

mxcli structure -p app.mpr                  # depth 2 (default)
mxcli structure -p app.mpr -d 1             # counts only
mxcli structure -p app.mpr -d 3             # full types
mxcli structure -p app.mpr -m ModuleName    # single module
mxcli structure -p app.mpr -d 1 --all       # include system modules

Quick Commands

-- List all modules
SHOW MODULES;

-- List entities in a module
SHOW ENTITIES IN ModuleName;

-- Show entity definition
DESCRIBE ENTITY Module.EntityName;

-- List microflows
SHOW MICROFLOWS IN ModuleName;

-- Show microflow logic
DESCRIBE MICROFLOW Module.MicroflowName;

-- List pages
SHOW PAGES IN ModuleName;

-- List workflows
SHOW WORKFLOWS IN ModuleName;

-- Show workflow definition
DESCRIBE WORKFLOW Module.WorkflowName;

Catalog Queries

For more flexible searching, use catalog queries:

REFRESH CATALOG;

-- Find entities by name pattern
SELECT QualifiedName, AttributeCount
FROM CATALOG.ENTITIES
WHERE Name LIKE '%Customer%';

-- Find large microflows
SELECT QualifiedName, ActivityCount
FROM CATALOG.MICROFLOWS
WHERE ActivityCount > 10
ORDER BY ActivityCount DESC;

Code Search Commands

For deeper code navigation (requires REFRESH CATALOG FULL). Like structure output, qualified names in the results are clickable in VS Code terminals.