Deleting a business object definition

You can delete a business object definition using Business Object Designer or System Manager, if your integration broker is InterChange Server. This section describes:

Important

You can delete business object definitions from an integration component library through System Manager (if you are using ICS and System Manager is running) or from a project in Business Object Designer. You cannot use the Delete function in Business Object Designer or in System Manager to delete local files that contain business object definitions. To delete local files, use the tools provided by Windows.

Deleting a definition using Business Object Designer

To delete a business object definition from a project using Business Object Designer, do the following:

  1. Open Business Object Designer.
  2. From the list of business object definitions in the project, select the name of the definition you want to delete.
  3. To select multiple names, do one of the following:
  4. After selecting the definitions to be deleted, right-click and then click Delete.
  5. If dependencies exist, click the Show dependencies link. All dependencies with other business objects are listed for the business object definition that you want to delete.
    The figure shows the confirm deletion dialog after the show dependencies link is clicked.
  6. Do one of the following:

Deleting a definition using System Manager

To delete a business object definition using System Manager, do the following:

  1. Start System Manager.
  2. Expand Integration Component Libraries and then expand the integration component library from which you want to delete a business object definition.
  3. Open the business objects folder and select the name of the business object definition to delete.
  4. Delete the business object definition by doing either of the following:
  5. When prompted whether you want to delete, click Yes.
  6. If the business object definition has dependencies with other business objects, System Manager notifies you with an error message. You must use Business Object Designer to remove these dependencies before you can delete the business object definition with System Manager.

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