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title: "Status usage"
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# How does Power Admin for Jira detect the status usage?

This document explains how Power Admin identifies the usage and dependencies of statuses in a Jira configuration.

### Status usage in workflows

Dependency is detected if a workflow participant's property refers to a status (by name or ID).

### Status usage in agile boards

Dependency is detected if:

- There is a reference to the status in the board's JQL entries (*Saved filters*, *Cardcolors*, *Quick filters*, *Subqueries*, *Swimlanes*).
- The card colors' configuration is based on a certain status.

### Status usage in filters

Dependency is detected if a filter’s JQL query refers to a certain status.

### Status usage in service projects

Dependency is detected when the status is referred to in *Request types*, *Queues*, *SLAs*, or *(Legacy) Automation rules*. Usage detection happens when the [service projects' cached index](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA/pages/228229159) is generated for the first time or when it’s refreshed.