Simple tip: some useful macros to simply asses/view "impact/reach" of tiddlers across your wiki.

[Diego Mesa]

Hey all,

I have defined the following macros:

• taggingMe
  
• linkToMe
  
• aliasToMe
  
• relatedToMe
  

Each of these macros just counts the number of posts ___ (tagging, link, etc) back to the current post, and if its non zero, display them in a linked list. I use them in other templates and places around my wiki and have found them useful. I have also defined a macro called "myImpact" which just calls all 4 of these other macros which has been very useful as well. 

A surprisingly useful variant of this is in my "missing" viewtemplate:

title: $:/.dm/ui/missing

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tags: $:/tags/ViewTemplate

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<$list filter="[all[current]!is[system]!is[shadow]is[missing]]">

    This is a missing post. Its impact is: <<myImpact>>

</$list>

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This lets me define and use a post that I want to get back to, and when I first click on it to define it later, see its "impact/reach" all over my wiki, which aids me in designing it/restructuring if necessary. 

I know all of this information is available elsewhere, the info panel, etc. but I have found it very useful to have these simple macros defined. All of them are attached.

Diego

[TonyM]

Sounds very interesting, Thanks for Sharing. 

I appreciate tools that support the ability to manage knowledge and Information

Tony