Delete or Disable a Collection

When you delete an external collection, the following operations occur:

• Knowledge Analytics removes the configuration information and all indexing data.

• Content processing stops collecting and indexing the documents in the collection.

• The collection’s contents are not available as answers after the next content processing cycle completes.

Note: You cannot delete internal collections from the Manage Collections page. Instead, you delete the corresponding authoring content type.

1. In the Existing Collections, select the collection you want to delete.

2. In the Edit <collection_name> dialog, select Collection Form.

3. Scroll down to Complete the Collection.

4. For Enable this Collection, select Delete this Collection.

5. Select Save.

6. Confirm the delete action.

   Analytics deletes all of the collection configuration information, and removes the collection from the list on the Manage Collections page.

You can disable an external collection rather than deleting one. When you disable an external collection:

• Knowledge Analytics preserves the configuration information but removes all indexing data.

• The collection still appears in Existing Collections with the status of Disabled.

• Content processing stops collecting and indexing the documents in the collection.

• The collection contents are not available as answers after the next content processing cycle completes.

1. In the Existing Collections, select the collection you want to disable.

2. In the Edit <collection_name> dialog, select Collection Form.

3. Scroll down to Complete the Collection.

4. For Enable this Collection, select Keep the collection definition, but do not index for searching.

5. Select Save.