Delete Relationship Nodes in Policy Designer

A Delete Relationship node represents an action to delete from the GE Digital APM database one or more records in any baseline or custom relationship family.

Node Properties

The Properties window for a Delete Relationship node contains the items that are described in the following table.

Item	Description	Notes
Family ID list	Specifies the type of record that the Delete Relationship node will delete.	The Family ID list contains all of the baseline and custom relationship families in GE Digital APM for which you have delete privileges.
Predecessor Entity Key(s) section	Specifies the key(s) of the predecessor entity record(s) in the relationship that will be deleted.	You can delete the following types of relationships depending on how you specify values in the Predecessor Entity Key(s) and Successor Entity Key(s) sections: Single one-to-one relationship: Specify a single key in each section. The relationship between the two entity records will be deleted. Multiple one-to-one relationships: Specify the same number of keys in each section. The relationship between each pair of entity records will be deleted. One-to-many relationship: Specify one key in the one section and multiple keys in the other section. The relationship between the single entity record and all the entity records specified in the other section will be deleted. In each section, you can select the icon to specify the output of a predecessor node. If you specify multiple predecessor and successor records, they do not have to be in the same family. Relationships will not be deleted in the following scenarios: If a relationship you specify does not exist. However, other valid relationships in the same transaction will be deleted. When attempting to delete multiple one-to-one relationships, if the number of keys in each section do not match.
Successor Entity Key(s) section	Specifies the key(s) of the successor entity record(s) in the relationship that will be deleted.

Item

Description

Notes

Family ID list

Specifies the type of record that the Delete Relationship node will delete.

The Family ID list contains all of the baseline and custom relationship families in GE Digital APM for which you have delete privileges.

Predecessor Entity Key(s) section

Specifies the key(s) of the predecessor entity record(s) in the relationship that will be deleted.

You can delete the following types of relationships depending on how you specify values in the Predecessor Entity Key(s) and Successor Entity Key(s) sections:

Single one-to-one relationship: Specify a single key in each section. The relationship between the two entity records will be deleted.
Multiple one-to-one relationships: Specify the same number of keys in each section. The relationship between each pair of entity records will be deleted.
One-to-many relationship: Specify one key in the one section and multiple keys in the other section. The relationship between the single entity record and all the entity records specified in the other section will be deleted.

In each section, you can select the icon to specify the output of a predecessor node. If you specify multiple predecessor and successor records, they do not have to be in the same family.

Relationships will not be deleted in the following scenarios:

If a relationship you specify does not exist. However, other valid relationships in the same transaction will be deleted.
When attempting to delete multiple one-to-one relationships, if the number of keys in each section do not match.

Successor Entity Key(s) section

Specifies the key(s) of the successor entity record(s) in the relationship that will be deleted.

Hint: Refer to the Family Policies documentation to see an example of this node.