About Removing an ML Template from an ML Template Group

Removing an Measurement Location Template from a Template Group does not delete the Measurement Location Template from the database. Instead, only the references stored in the Checkpoint Template Sequences for that Measurement Location Template and its predecessor and successor records are deleted.

If a Template Group should no longer contain a Measurement Location Template or Checkpoint Condition, you can remove that node from the Template Group using the Remove option in the menu accessed via the button in the left pane. When you remove a Measurement Location Template record from a Template Group, the underlying record will not be deleted from the GE Digital APM database. Instead, only the reference to the Measurement Location Template in the Checkpoint Template Sequence record will be removed. When you delete a Template Group record or remove a Checkpoint Condition record, however, the record itself will be deleted from the GE Digital APM database.

More specifically, when you delete a Measurement Location Template from a Template Group, the GE Digital APM system will:

Delete the association between the Measurement Location Template record and its predecessor record (i.e., in the Checkpoint Template Sequence record).
Remove the Measurement Location Template node from the left pane.
Remove or delete the successor records that are associated with the Measurement Location Template record. Checkpoint Condition records that are successors to a Measurement Location Template record that is removed from a Template Group will be deleted from the database. Other Measurement Location Template records that are associated with a Measurement Location Template record that is removed from a Template Group, however, will also be removed from the Template Group as described previously.

Likewise, when you delete a Checkpoint Condition record, any Measurement Location Template records that are associated with the Checkpoint Condition record as successors will be removed from the Template Group. Other Checkpoint Condition records that are associated with the Checkpoint Condition record as successors, however, will also be deleted.

If you want to delete an entire Template Group, you can delete the Template Group record, and that Template Group will no longer appear in the Rounds interface. When you do so, only the related Checkpoint Condition records will be deleted from the GE Digital APM database. The Measurement Location Template records belonging to that Template Group will not be deleted.