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title: "How to get where used information for tasks"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SUPPORT/89135921/How%20to%20get%20where%20used%20information%20for%20tasks"
format: markdown
---
# Description

This article shows how to answer the question: ***How do I find all jobs using a specific task?***

# Example - For a Single Project

> ✅ This requires [CLI release 7.6](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60564474).

This will create a file called tasks.csv that lists all ***Maven 3*** tasks there by given all plans and jobs using this task type. This examples is show with non-Windows escaping (Windows use "" instead of \" for escaping).

##### **Example**

```
-a runFromPlanList --project CLI --common "-a runFromJobList --plan @plan@ --common \"-a getTaskList --plan @plan@ --job @job@ --regex \"\"Maven 3.x\"\" --file tasks.csv --append \" " --clearFileBeforeAppend
```

# Example - For All Projects

This will take a while to complete on larger sites.

##### **Example**

```
-a runFromPlanList --project @all --common "-a runFromJobList --plan @plan@ --common \"-a getTaskList --plan @plan@ --job @job@ --regex \"\"Maven 3.x\"\" --file tasks.csv --append \" " --clearFileBeforeAppend
```

# Example Output - Raw

```
"Plan","Job","Id","Name","Description","Task Key","Task Key Alias","Enabled","Final","Position"
"CLI-BAMBOO630","JOB1","3","Maven 3.x","","com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.maven:task.builder.mvn3","MAVEN3","Yes","No","3"
"CLI-BASE","JOB1","3","Maven 3.x","","com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.maven:task.builder.mvn3","MAVEN3","Yes","No","3"
...
```

# Example Output - CSV Macro

> Macro (csv)

# What if I want to run an action for each task found?

There is a general answer to this type of question. If you have a CSV list of items, you can use a small script process each line or you can use **runFromCsv** to run an action for each line provided the CSV file has the correct headers for the action you are trying to run. You can modify the CSV file by hand or automate with the [CSV Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSVCLI). In most cases, I recommend using the ***columns*** parameter on the list generation to only generate the columns needed for a subsequent **runFromCSV** action.  
  
More specifically, for *tasks* you can use the ***runFromTaskList*** action directly in place of the **getTaskList** action above to simply do the request.

## Example - Run An Action

##### **Example**

```
-a runFromPlanList --project CLI --common "-a runFromJobList --plan @plan@ --common \"-a runFromTaskList --plan @plan@ --job @job@ --continue --regex \"\"Maven 3.x\"\" --common \"\"-a getTask --plan @plan@ --job @job@ --task @task@   \"\"  \" "
```