Managing the Obsolescence of Objects

Once you have created a package, an extension type, an instance or an attribute, you cannot delete it because you may have created objects based on these objects. This command lets you set an object to Deprecated if you do not want to use or display it any longer in the native and the web user interfaces. The deprecated object will still be visible in Specialize Data Model and Model Customization so that you can decide to make it visible again. This function is available for packages, extension types, instances and attributes.

Note: Make sure the package has been deployed once before setting it or one of its items to Deprecated. If it has not been deployed, you will not be able to set it to Deprecated.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About the Deprecated Status

Set a Package to Deprecated or Undo Deprecated

In the List of Specialization Packages window, click the package you want to set to deprecated or "not deprecated "and click > Set deprecated or Tools > Undo deprecated.
The package is deprecated or approved.
Note: You can deprecate several packages in one operation. To do, so, select the packages and click > Set deprecated. A message displays the list of the deprecated packages along with the number of deprecated items contained in these packages.

Set a Type to Deprecated or Undo Deprecated

In the package window, click the type you want to set to deprecated or "not deprecated "and click Tools > Set deprecated or > Undo deprecated.
The type is deprecated or approved.

Set an Instance to Deprecated or Undo Deprecated

In the package window, click the instance you want to set to deprecated or "not deprecated "and click > Set deprecated or Undo deprecated.
The instance is deprecated or approved.

Set an Attribute to Deprecated or Undo Deprecated

  1. In the package window, click the type.
    The attributes become visible in the Attributes tab.
  2. click the attribute you want to set to deprecated or "not deprecated "and click > Set deprecated or > Undo deprecated.