Obsolete Products and Services Using Delete Groups

Product managers can obsolete products and services by defining and maintaining delete groups that identify products and services that are at the end of their life cycle and should be purged.

Constraints maintain data integrity so that pending transactions aren't affected while purging. Along with predefined constraints, custom constraints can be defined and checked before purging is done.

Caution: You can supersede existing items using item relationships. In those cases, the superseded items must continue to exist in the application. If the superseded item is deleted from the application, then all the cross references, item relationships and so on will be lost.

The following objects can be added to a Delete Group:

• Items

• Item organizations

• Item supplier site organizations

• Change orders

• New item requests

• Item structures and components

Delete groups can be created and maintained through the Mange Delete Groups link in Items on the Task menu.

You can add objects directly to a delete group through this task.

You can also add different objects to delete groups from their respective Manage pages. Search for an object such as item, item organization, new item request, or change order. Highlight the object and select Delete from the Action menu. You are prompted to add the object to an existing delete group or create a new one.