Working With the Master Index Data Manager

Deleting a Child Object From a Profile

If a child object is entered incorrectly or becomes obsolete, you can delete the object from the affected object profile. Child objects cannot be deleted from the SBR. Deleting a child object cannot be undone.

Figure 35 Record Details Page – Delete Child Object

Figure shows a child object list on the Record Details
page.

ProcedureTo Delete a Child Object

  1. Using one of the search methods described in Searching for Object Profiles on the MIDM, display the object profile you want to modify on the Record Details page.

  2. At the bottom of the page, click Edit EUID.

  3. Click View child_type in the source record you want to modify, where child_type is the name of the child object type you want to add. For example, to delete an address record, select View Addresses.

    Empty child object fields appear along with a list of existing child objects of the selected type.

  4. In the child object list, click the delete icon next to the child object you want to modify.

    The delete icon is shaped like an “X”.

  5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.

  6. Click OK on the information dialog box that appears.

    The page refreshes, and, if you modified a source record, the SBR is recalculated based on the new information.