Hi wout,
First of all, are you 100 % sure that the value is changed in the program and not from some kind of OP / HMI?
Are you using Step 5 software for editing the program?
In case of using Step 5 you can search the operand by the command:
Documentation -> Cross References...
Under "Selection" you but in as single operand "DB11" and make a search.
Take a note or print the result and then make a new search with the single operand "DW17" and then look if you have any correlations with the first search.
e.g. DB11 is used in PB12 seg. 3 - is DW17 used in a segment close to that one?
If this method doesn't give you any results you probably have a program that contains indirect addressing. Then you have to analyze the program and try to find the part of the code that could have something to do with DB11.DW17
Mvh/
Wille