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Confirm Entity Delete Screen

The Confirm Entity Delete screen is used to verify the deletion of a user-defined entity type. The deletion includes all templates, template fields, and field values or value ranges associated with each template.

The Confirm Entity Delete screen offers two options:

• Press the Enter key to confirm the deletion.
• Type END in the COMMAND field and press the Enter key to cancel the deletion.

If the entity structure you have chosen to delete does not contain a template which is indirectly referenced by another template structure, the Confirm Entity Delete screen (1), shown below, is presented with a warning message indicating that the entity and all associated templates will be erased.

Note: Entity types and entity-name occurrences contained on dictionaries defined in your central version (CV) are in no way affected by CA IDMS Enforcer delete functions.

CA IDMS Enforcer Rnn.n ── Confirm Entity Delete ─────────────── mm/dd/yy hh:mm
 COMMAND ===>                                                            ESXAUEC

  ****************************************************************************
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **  WARNING: The indicated Entity Type has been selected for deletion.    **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **   ACTION: All template definitions associated with the following       **
  **           Entity Type will be erased.                                  **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **     ENTITY TYPE: DBNAME                                                **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **       INSTRUCTIONS:  Press "ENTER" key to confirm delete request.      **
  **                      Enter "END" command to cancel delete request.     **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  ****************************************************************************

Exhibit 3.23: Confirm Entity Delete Screen (1)

If the entity structure you have chosen to delete does contain a template which is indirectly referenced by another template, the Confirm Entity Delete screen (2), shown below, appears with a warning message indicating the existence of indirect referencing and the type of action that will be taken if the operation is completed.

If you complete the deletion, all indirect references are resolved to wildcards (*) and bracket mode templates containing the indirect reference will be converted to non-bracketed templates.

Note: Entity types and entity-name occurrences contained on dictionaries defined in your central version (CV) are in no way affected by CA IDMS Enforcer delete functions.

 CA IDMS Enforcer Rnn.n ─── Confirm Entity Delete ─────────────── mm/dd/yy hh:mm
 COMMAND ===>                                                            ESXAUEC

  ****************************************************************************
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **   WARNING: The Entity Type selected for deletion contains one or       **
  **            more templates which are indirectly referenced.             **
  **                                                                        **
  **    ACTION: The field in templates containing the indirect reference    **
  **            will be converted to wildcards (*) and bracket mode         **
  **            templates will be reset to non-bracketed template status.   **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **      ENTITY TYPE: AREA USER ENTITY                                     **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **       INSTRUCTIONS:  Press "ENTER" key to confirm delete request.      **
  **                      Enter "END" command to cancel delete request.     **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  **                                                                        **
  ****************************************************************************

Exhibit 3.24: Confirm Entity Delete Screen (2)