diff --git a/lib/models.rb b/lib/models.rb
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+class Models
+  include ApplicationLib
+
+=begin
+
+get list of models
+
+  result = Models.all
+
+returns
+
+  {
+    'Some::Classname1' => {
+      attributes: ['id', 'name', '...']
+      reflections: ...model.reflections...
+    },
+    'Some::Classname2' => {
+      attributes: ['id', 'name', '...']
+      reflections: ...model.reflections...
+    },
+  }
+
+=end
+
+  def self.all
+    all = {}
+    dir = "#{Rails.root}/app/models/"
+    Dir.glob( "#{dir}**/*.rb" ) do |entry|
+      next if entry =~ /application_model/i
+      next if entry =~ /channel\//i
+      next if entry =~ /observer\//i
+      next if entry =~ /store\/provider\//i
+      entry.gsub!(dir, '')
+      entry = entry.to_classname
+      model_class = load_adapter(entry)
+      next if !model_class
+      next if !model_class.respond_to? :new
+      model_object = model_class.new
+      next if !model_object.respond_to? :attributes
+      all[model_class] = {}
+      all[model_class][:attributes] = model_class.attribute_names
+      all[model_class][:reflections] = model_class.reflections
+      #puts "rrrr #{all[model_class][:attributes]}"
+      #puts model.class
+      #puts " #{model.attribute_names.inspect}"
+    end
+    all
+  end
+
+=begin
+
+get reference list of a models
+
+  result = Models.references('User', 2)
+
+returns
+
+  {
+    'Some::Classname1' => {
+      attributes: ['id', 'name', '...']
+      reflections: ...model.reflections...
+    },
+    'Some::Classname2' => {
+      attributes: ['id', 'name', '...']
+      reflections: ...model.reflections...
+    },
+  }
+
+=end
+
+  def self.references(object_name, object_id)
+    object_model = load_adapter(object_name)
+    object_model.find(object_id)
+    list       = all
+    references = {
+      model: {},
+      total: 0,
+    }
+
+    # find relations via attributes
+    list.each {|model_class, model_attributes|
+      references[:model][model_class.to_s] = 0
+      next if !model_attributes[:attributes]
+      ['created_by_id', 'updated_by_id'].each {|item|
+        if model_attributes[:attributes].include?(item)
+          Rails.logger.info "FOUND (by id) #{model_class}->#{item}!"
+          references[:model][model_class.to_s] += model_class.where("#{item} = ?", object_id).count
+        end
+      }
+    }
+
+    # find relations via reflections
+    list.each {|model_class, model_attributes|
+      next if !model_attributes[:reflections]
+      model_attributes[:reflections].each{|reflection_key, reflection_value|
+        next if reflection_value.macro != :belongs_to
+        if reflection_value.options[:class_name] == object_name
+          Rails.logger.info "FOUND (by ref without class) #{model_class}->#{reflection_value.name}!"
+          references[:model][model_class.to_s] += model_class.where("#{reflection_value.name}_id = ?", object_id).count
+        end
+        if !reflection_value.options[:class_name] && reflection_value.name ==  object_name.downcase.to_sym
+          Rails.logger.info "FOUND (by ref with class) #{model_class}->#{reflection_value.name}!"
+          references[:model][model_class.to_s] += model_class.where("#{reflection_value.name}_id = ?", object_id).count
+        end
+      }
+    }
+
+    references[:model].each {|k, v|
+      next if v == 0
+      references[:total] += v
+puts "#{k}: #{v}"
+    }
+    references
+  end
+
+end
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diff --git a/test/unit/model_test.rb b/test/unit/model_test.rb
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+++ b/test/unit/model_test.rb
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+# encoding: utf-8
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ModelTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  test 'references test' do
+
+      # create base
+      groups = Group.where( name: 'Users' )
+      roles  = Role.where( name: ['Agent', 'Admin'] )
+      agent1 = User.create_or_update(
+        login: 'model-agent1@example.com',
+        firstname: 'Model',
+        lastname: 'Agent1',
+        email: 'model-agent1@example.com',
+        password: 'agentpw',
+        active: true,
+        roles: roles,
+        groups: groups,
+        updated_at: '2015-02-05 16:37:00',
+        updated_by_id: 1,
+        created_by_id: 1,
+      )
+      organization1 = Organization.create_if_not_exists(
+        name: 'Model Org 1',
+        updated_at: '2015-02-05 16:37:00',
+        updated_by_id: 1,
+        created_by_id: 1,
+      )
+      organization2 = Organization.create_if_not_exists(
+        name: 'Model Org 2',
+        updated_at: '2015-02-05 16:37:00',
+        updated_by_id: agent1.id,
+        created_by_id: 1,
+      )
+      roles     = Role.where( name: 'Customer' )
+      customer1 = User.create_or_update(
+        login: 'model-customer1@example.com',
+        firstname: 'Model',
+        lastname: 'Customer1',
+        email: 'model-customer1@example.com',
+        password: 'customerpw',
+        active: true,
+        organization_id: organization1.id,
+        roles: roles,
+        updated_at: '2015-02-05 16:37:00',
+        updated_by_id: 1,
+        created_by_id: 1,
+      )
+      customer2 = User.create_or_update(
+        login: 'model-customer2@example.com',
+        firstname: 'Model',
+        lastname: 'Customer2',
+        email: 'model-customer2@example.com',
+        password: 'customerpw',
+        active: true,
+        organization_id: nil,
+        roles: roles,
+        updated_at: '2015-02-05 16:37:00',
+        updated_by_id: agent1.id,
+        created_by_id: 1,
+      )
+      customer3 = User.create_or_update(
+        login: 'model-customer3@example.com',
+        firstname: 'Model',
+        lastname: 'Customer3',
+        email: 'model-customer3@example.com',
+        password: 'customerpw',
+        active: true,
+        organization_id: nil,
+        roles: roles,
+        updated_at: '2015-02-05 16:37:00',
+        updated_by_id: agent1.id,
+        created_by_id: agent1.id,
+      )
+
+    references = Models.references('User', agent1.id)
+
+    assert_equal(references[:model]['User'], 3)
+    assert_equal(references[:model]['Organization'], 1)
+    assert_equal(references[:model]['Group'], 0)
+    assert_equal(references[:total],  6)
+  end
+
+end