# Get-ItemReferrer

Returns all the items referring to the specified item.

## Syntax

Get-ItemReferrer -Item \<Item>

Get-ItemReferrer -Item \<Item> -ItemLink

Get-ItemReferrer -Path \<String> \[-Language \<String\[]>]

Get-ItemReferrer -Path \<String> \[-Language \<String\[]>] -ItemLink

Get-ItemReferrer -Id \<String> \[-Database \<String>] \[-Language \<String\[]>]

Get-ItemReferrer -Id \<String> \[-Database \<String>] \[-Language \<String\[]>] -ItemLink

## Detailed Description

The Get-ItemReferrer command returns all items referring to the specified item. If -ItemLink parameter is used the command will return links rather than items.

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## Parameters

### -Item \<Item>

The item to be analysed.

| Aliases                     |                                |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| Required?                   | true                           |
| Position?                   | named                          |
| Default Value               |                                |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | true (ByValue, ByPropertyName) |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false                          |

### -Path \<String>

Path to the item to be processed - additionally specify Language parameter to fetch different item language than the current user language.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | true  |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Id \<String>

Id of the the item to be processed - additionally specify Language parameter to fetch different item language than the current user language.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | true  |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Database \<String>

Database containing the item to be processed - can work with Language parameter to narrow the publication scope.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -Language \<String\[]>

Language that will be used as source language. If not specified the current user language will be used. Globbing/wildcard supported.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | false |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

### -ItemLink \<SwitchParameter>

Return ItemLink that define both source and target of a link rather than items linking to the specified item.

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | true  |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

## Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

* Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

## Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

* Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

  Sitecore.Links.ItemLink

## Notes

Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West

## Examples

### EXAMPLE 1

```powershell
PS master:\>Get-ItemReferrer -Path master:\content\home

Name                             Children Languages                Id                                     TemplateName
----                             -------- ---------                --                                     ------------
Home                             True     {en, de-DE, es-ES, pt... {110D559F-DEA5-42EA-9C1C-8A5DF7E70EF9} Sample Item
Form                             False    {en, de-DE, es-ES, pt... {6D3B4E7D-FEF8-4110-804A-B56605688830} Webcontrol
news                             True     {en, de-DE, es-ES, pt... {DB894F2F-D53F-4A2D-B58F-957BFAC2C848} Article
learn-about-oms                  False    {en, de-DE, es-ES, pt... {79ECF4DF-9DB7-430F-9BFF-D164978C2333} Link
```

### EXAMPLE 2

```powershell
PS master:\>Get-Item master:\content\home | Get-ItemReferrer -ItemLink

SourceItemLanguage : en
SourceItemVersion  : 1
TargetItemLanguage :
TargetItemVersion  : 0
SourceDatabaseName : master
SourceFieldID      : {F685964D-02E1-4DB6-A0A2-BFA59F5F9806}
SourceItemID       : {110D559F-DEA5-42EA-9C1C-8A5DF7E70EF9}
TargetDatabaseName : master
TargetItemID       : {110D559F-DEA5-42EA-9C1C-8A5DF7E70EF9}
TargetPath         : /sitecore/content/Home
```

## Related Topics

* [Get-ItemReference](https://doc.sitecorepowershell.com/appendix/common/get-itemreference)
* [Update-ItemReferrer](https://doc.sitecorepowershell.com/appendix/common/update-itemreferrer)
* <https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/>