- URL:https://<data-url>/computeTotalRefCount
 - Required Capability:Publisher or Administrator
 - Version Introduced:10.1
 
Description
This operation computes the total number of references to a given data item that exist on the server. You can use this operation to determine if a data resource can be safely deleted or taken down for maintenance.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Details | 
|---|---|
| itemPath |                    The complete hierarchical path to the item. Example  |               
| f |                    The response format. The default response format is html. Values: html | json | pjson  | 
Example usage
Below is a sample request URL for computeTotalRefCount:
https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/admin/data/computeTotalRefCount?itemPath=/arcgisdata/usa&f=jsonJSON Response example
{
  "totalRefCount": 10
}