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Delete an Object

Use the Encyclopedia Client to delete objects in a model directly from the encyclopedia without checking out the model or subset. You can delete one or multiple objects. To delete multiple objects, build the list of objects to delete. You must have authorization for the model in which the objects reside.

The Object Occurrence dialog has a Checkout Status option to identify the status of an object to delete. Select Checkout Status to view a list of all the subsets or the model to which the object is checked out. For each subset or model, you also see:

• User who has the object that is checked out
• Protection level with which the object is checked out
• Maximum access of the object

Use the online help to identify the occurrence of the object types you want to delete, and to guide you through the steps to delete a specific object occurrence.

Note: The delete process continues even if it cannot delete an object.

Follow these steps:

1. Log on to the encyclopedia through the Encyclopedia Client.
2. Open the model to which the object to delete belongs.
3. In the Encyclopedia Model Selection window, select Actions, Delete Objects.
4. Complete the fields in the Object Deletions Options dialog to override the default values and specify details about the error report the client creates while deleting objects.

   An error occurs when you try to delete an object that cannot be deleted.

   Maximum Errors define the number of errors to report per object.

   Directory is the directory in which to store the error report and must be a fully qualified path. If the directory does not exist, the client creates it.

   File Name can be up to 8 characters, with a 3 character extension.

5. When you select OK, the client opens the Object List listing the object types eligible to delete.
6. Use the online help in the Object List box for more information about using the Filter edit field, identifying the occurrence of the selected object type you want to delete, and to guide you through the steps to delete a specific object occurrence.

The Object List only includes objects in the model you can delete. Select an object to delete and select an occurrence of the object type and add it to the list. You also expand the list into subordinate objects until you reach the level of occurrences that lists the occurrence to delete.

To delete one of more objects, define a list of objects to delete and start the deletion. The process produces a report that includes an entry for each deleted object, a message for each object it could not delete that describes why it could not delete the object, and a list of shared objects that are deleted as a result of deleting another object. The report does not include deleted non-shared objects.

When the delete process completes, view the report that lists the objects that are successfully deleted and those it could not delete. For objects that could not be deleted, the report lists a message for each object. You can view the default number in the report, or can specify the number of errors to include. By default, the report lists a maximum of 10 messages per object.

To view the syntax for the command-line command, enter delobj in the directory in which the Encyclopedia servers are installed.

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