Using Deep Delete to Delete Records in Child Business Components

The Deep Delete n user property specifies a child business component. The value for this user property must contain the name of a child business component if you define a parent and child link in one of the ways that the Copying and Deleting Child and Grandchild Records topic describes.

If a user chooses the Delete option, then Siebel CRM deletes the records that this child business component contains. This option typically deletes records in only one level. The Deep Delete n user property deletes records in multiple levels, which is similar to a cascade delete. You typically use Deep Copy and Deep Delete together.

To use deep delete, do Using Deep Copy to Copy Records in Child Business Components with the following differences:

• In Using Deep Copy to Copy Records in Child Business Components, use Deep Delete 1 and Deep Delete 2 for the names.

• In Using Deep Copy to Copy Records in Child Business Components, set the No Delete property of the multivalue link to TRUE.

You can specify this user property with or without the numeric suffix. For more information, see Numbering Instances of a User Property and Specifying the Link for Deep Copy and Delete.