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Reference properties are properties that act as pointers to other pages. Reference properties can be used to eliminate the need to copy pages around the clipboard to make them referenceable by rules. Reference properties can also be used to create more readable references to deeply embedded pages. A reference property is linked with a real page using the Property-Ref method in an activity.

If you had a frequently referenced and deeply embedded PageList, you can use this reference property to improve readability and maintenance of rules that references this PageList. For example, if we had a property: pyWorkPage.LoanData.Borrowers(PRIMARY).CreditInfo(Experian).TradeLines, we can create a property PriExpTradelines of type PageList and mark it as a reference property by setting the property as a reference property on its Rule-Obj-Property definition.

To link the property, use the Property-Ref method in an activity. Note that:

• When you link PageLists, you must use the Property-Ref method for each page of the PageList individually
• Once linked, a property reference remains linked until another Property-Ref method overrides it
• Property references can only be made to embedded pages on top level pages, but not directly to top level pages themselves

Make sure when working with other top level pages that the page exists before using the Property-Ref method.