Reference Viewer doesn't show primary asset ID references?

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It seems that the Reference Viewer doesn’t show references to assets via Primary Asset ID. So for example, if I have a primary data asset open, and I want to find a data table that contains that asset’s Primary Asset ID, the Reference Viewer doesn’t support this. Similarly, selecting the data table in the Reference Viewer does not show references to other assets via Primary Asset ID.

Is there some functionality I’m missing somewhere? If not, could this feature be added?

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Steps to Reproduce

  • Create a new empty project.
  • Create a Primary Asset Label asset (or other Primary Data Asset that the Asset Manager is configured to scan for), named Referenced.
  • Create a new blueprint class, named Referencer.
    • Add a Primary Asset ID variable on Referencer, set it to point to Referenced.
  • Open either Referencer or Referenced in the Reference Viewer. Observe that neither one shows a reference to the other.
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Hi Ryan,

I have confirmed the issue and elevated it to Epic. Once I receive their response I will post an update here.

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Hi Ryan,

It turns out that Show Management References is not checked by default. Can you check that you have that checkbox checked in the dropdown in the Reference Viewer? (It’s the eyeball icon.)

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Hi Ryan,

Sorry for the extended delay on this one. We have confirmed this as an issue as far back as 4.27. As a result, please enjoy this bug tracker link.

https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-281925

You can follow the progress via that issue to see when it is resolved.

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Thanks, Graeme. Indeed, I noticed this toggle and was hopeful it would do what I wanted, but it just shows me the selected asset’s Primary Asset ID. It does not show me assets that contain references to that Primary Asset ID.

Here I have a blueprint named Referencer with a Primary Asset ID property set to PrimaryAssetLabel:Referenced, and the Reference Viewer showing me PrimaryAssetLabel:Referenced. I would expect to see my Referencer blueprint showing the dependency on either the green Primary Asset ID node or the red Referenced node, but I get neither.

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