Finding Related Items in Sitecore

How to Find Related Items in Sitecore

Welcome! This blog aims to teach you how to find related items in Sitecore inside the Content Editor, C# code, and PowerShell.

1. Content Editor

While in the Content Editor, click on the Navigate tab on the top, then click on Links in the ribbon.

Simple as that!

2. C# Code

The code is below! Read the comments for more information.

//include these
using Sitecore.Links;
using Sitecore.Data.Items;

//function returns list of Item
public List<Item> GetReferreredItems()
{
    List<Item> referredItems = new List<Item>();
    //get current item
    Item item = Sitecore.Context.Item ;

    //create list of related item links
    ItemLink[] itemLinks = Globals.LinkDatabase.GetReferrers(item);

    //exit if there are no
    if (itemLinks == null || itemLinks.Length == 0)
    {
        return;
    }

    //loop through list
    foreach (ItemLink itemLink in itemLinks)
  {
      //get database. Can use master as well
      Database db = Factory.GetDatabase("web");

            //get item by ID
      Item linkItem = db.GetItem(itemLink.SourceItemID);

            //if item is not null
      if (linkItem != null)
      {
                    //add to list
          referredItems.add(linkItem);

                    //room to do other stuff to related item
      }
  }
    //return list
    return referredItems;
}

3. PowerShell

If you have Sitecore PowerShell installed, you can get related items here too! The code is below, read the comments for more details:

#display stuff
$props = @{
        InfoTitle = "Referred items tutorial!"
        InfoDescription = "Lists all items that are using this item"
}

#function that returns list of referred items
function Get-ReferreredItems {
        #get desired item. 
    $item = Get-Item -Path "enter path your desired item here"
    #get database
    $db = [Sitecore.Globals]::LinkDatabase
    #get list of referred items
    $itemLinks = $db.GetReferrers($item)
    #loop list 
    foreach($itemLink in $itemLinks){
        #get item from linked ID
        $linkItem = Get-Item -Path master:\ -ID $itemLink.SourceItemID
        $linkItem
    }
}

#call function
$items = Get-ReferreredItems
#display names and paths of referred items
$items | Show-ListView @props -Property @{Label="Name"; Expression={$_.DisplayName} }, @{Label="Path"; Expression={$_.ItemPath} }

Conclusion

That’s all! I hope this blog was helpful in showing you the different ways to get referred items in Sitecore!