Deleting Objects From the EDM (Configuring Sun Master Indexes (Repository))

Configuring Sun Master Indexes (Repository)

Deleting Objects From the EDM

Once an object is defined in the Enterprise Data Manager file, you can remove the object. If the object remains defined in the Object Definition file, then the object is still a part of the enterprise record, but does not appear on the EDM. Before removing an object from the the Enterprise Data Manager file, make sure none of its fields are required in order to create a new record. If you delete an object using the Configuration Editor, the object is automatically deleted from the Enterprise Data Manager file.

To Delete an Object

In the Projects window, expand the Configuration node in the project you want to modify, and then double-click the Enterprise Data Manager file.

The file opens in the NetBeans XML editor.

Scroll to the node element naming the object to delete.

Delete all text between and including the node element for that object.

Using the sample below, to delete the Phone object, delete all the text in the sample.

<node-Phone display-order="3" merge-must-delete="false">
   <field-PhoneType>
      <display-name>Phone Type</display-name>
      <display-order>1</display-order>
      <max-length>8</max-length>
      <gui-type>MenuList</gui-type>
      <value-list>PHONTYPE</value-list>
      <value-type>string</value-type>
      <key-type>true</key-type>
   </field-PhoneType>
   <field-Phone>
      <display-name>Phone</display-name>
      <display-order>2</display-order>
      <max-length>20</max-length>
      <gui-type>TextBox</gui-type>
      <value-type>string</value-type>
      <input-mask>(DDD)DDD-DDDD</input-mask>
      <value-mask>xDDDxDDDxDDDD</value-mask>
   </field>
</node>

If necessary, renumber the order of the remaining objects so they are sequential.

Remove the object from the relationship definition, as described in Defining Relationships Between Master Index Objects (Repository).

Save and close the file.