About Deleting Technological Tables, Part Filters and Specifications

You can delete specifications created by mistake or that are obsolete. To avoid working with wrong or inconsistent specifications, you can delete technological tables, part filters and specifications saved in the database.

This page discusses:

See Also
Creating Technological Tables
Creating or Editing Filter Units
Creating an Object in the Spreadsheet

Safe Deletions

The application performs different checks whenever you delete an object saved in the database. For example, deleting a technological table referenced by another table could cause major trouble. In this particular case, the deletion would damage the referencing table, making it inconsistent. Engineering Specification Capture & Reuse protects against hazardous deletions.

The app prevents you from deleting objects if the system detects deletions that would cause inconsistent links between objects. Two contexts of inconsistencies are identified when the data you want to delete is:

  • Used by specifications
  • Opened in a CATIA session

Whenever there are conflicts, the application:

  • Displays warning messages
  • Displays the list of objects affected by the current deletion
  • Prevents the deletion process as long as there:
    • Links to a specification
    • Specifications using the data that are still open in a CATIA session

Run the Delete Command

To delete the different objects permanently from the database:

  1. From the Compass, click Collaborative Lifecycle.
  2. From the Lifecycle section of the action bar, click Delete .

For reference information, see the Collaborative Lifecycle User's Guide

Technological Tables

If you are deleting a technological table used by one or more objects, such as a technological table, a filter or a specification, the application blocks the deletion and displays the names of the object using the table.

To delete a technological table:

  1. Delete the link existing between the technological table and the objects using it.
  2. Delete the technological table.

Part Filters

If you are deleting a part filter used by one or more specifications, the application blocks the deletion and displays the name of the object using the filter.

To delete a part filter:

  1. Delete the link between the part filter and the objects using it.
  2. Delete the part filter.

Specifications

If you are deleting a specification used by a PLM design entity, the application blocks the deletion and displays the name of the entities using the specification.

To delete a specification:

  1. Delete the link between the specification and the entities using it.
  2. Delete the specification.

Deletions Restricted to Some Users

Because deleting specifications must be done with extreme care, administrators can restrict this operation to some users. Administrators can:

  • Allow only users who are specifically assigned an Engineering Specification Capture & Reuse license to delete specifications.
  • Activate the following environment variable to prohibit deletion operations: ENS_ENG_SPEC_ENTITIES_NO_DELETE.