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Delete a Family

You cannot delete a baseline family.

Steps

1. Access the Family Management page.

2. Depending on the type of family you want to delete, select the Entity or the Relationship.

   -or-

   Select to search for a family.

   In the left pane, the list of families arranged in a hierarchy appears.

3. In the family hierarchy, select the family that you want to delete.

4. In the right pane, select .

   The Delete Family dialog box appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the family.

5. Select OK.

   The Delete Family dialog box closes and a confirmation message appears indicating that the family is deleted.

Results

• When you delete a family from the database, the following items are also deleted:

  • Successor relationship definitions

  • Predecessor relationship definitions

  • Family rules

  • Family datasheets

  • Family fields

  • Physical tables and views associated with that family

  • The State Configuration associated with that family

  Note: If the State Configuration is inherited from the parent family and you are deleting the subfamily, then only the State Configuration associated with the subfamily will be deleted.

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