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Deselecting Previously Selected Records/Sets

To remove records/sets from a path definition or to delete an entire path definition, you may deselect a path set, an Entry Record or Entry Index, or an area. Deselection of:

• An Entry Record/Entry Index deletes the entire path definition.
• An area deselects all Entry Records residing in the area.
• A path set deselects all sets in the path accessed after the deselected set. The deselection process stops at recursive records. However, sets selected in the path after recursive records are not deselected.

Deselection causes all Record Level Selection Criteria to be removed from the record, including all Field Level Selection Criteria. Once deselected, a record or set can be selected again.