Deleting a business object definition

You can delete a business object definition using Business Object Designer or System Manager, if your integration broker is InterChange Server. This section describes:

Important

You can delete business object definitions from an integration component library through System Manager (if you are using ICS and System Manager is running) or from a project in Business Object Designer. You cannot use the Delete function in Business Object Designer or in System Manager to delete local files that contain business object definitions. To delete local files, use the tools provided by Windows.

Deleting a definition using Business Object Designer

To delete a business object definition from a project using Business Object Designer, do the following:

  1. Open the Delete Business Objects dialog in either of the following ways:

    In the Delete Business Objects dialog, the Name column contains the name of the business object definitions. The Location column identifies the project where the business object definition is located. If you are using an ICL-based project, the location is listed as "Project". If you are using a local project, the location is listed as "Local".

  2. In the Delete Business Objects dialog, you can perform an incremental search for business object definitions whose names begin with a specified string as follows:

    Figure 35 illustrates this dialog. If the project is local, the name of the integration component library is omitted from the dialog.

    Figure 35. Selecting a definition for deletion.


  3. To select multiple names in the Delete Business Objects dialog, you can either:
  4. After selecting the definitions to be deleted, click OK.

    Figure 36. Business Object Designer dependencies dialog.


Deleting a definition using System Manager

To delete a business object definition using System Manager, do the following:

  1. Start System Manager.
  2. Expand Integration Component Libraries and then expand the integration component library from which you want to delete a business object definition.
  3. Open the business objects folder and select the name of the business object definition to delete.
  4. Delete the business object definition by doing either of the following:
  5. When prompted whether you want to delete, click Yes.
  6. If the business object has dependencies, System Manager notifies you with an error message. You must use Business Object Designer to remove these dependencies before System Manager allows you to delete the business object.

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