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Deleting Objects

This topic describes how to delete an object.

To delete objects

1. In Siebel Tools, create or open a workspace.

   NOTE:  In case of workspace-enabled objects, you cannot delete any predefined object. If you try to delete the object, it will throw an error indicating that deletion is possible only for object created in the current version and that you have to inactivate the record to proceed further. For more information on making an object inactive, see Using the Inactive Property.

2. In case of non-workspace enabled objects, in the Object List Editor, locate the object that you want to delete.

   For more information, see Locating and Modifying Object Definitions in the Object List Editor.

3. Ensure that either the project or the object is locked.
4. From the Edit menu, choose Delete Record.
5. Check out the project that you examined in Step 3.
6. Click the Edit menu, and then click Delete Record.

   CAUTION:  It is recommended that you do not delete a predefined object. Other objects might reference this predefined object. Instead, you can make this object inactive. For more information, see Using the Inactive Property.

   Siebel Tools deletes the object, and it also deletes any child objects of this object. For example, you create a business component named My Account Business Component. If you delete this business component, then Siebel Tools deletes all child objects of this business component, such as fields. It does not delete objects that only reference the object that you delete. For example, if you delete a view, then it does not delete the applets that reference this view.