Deleting a Category

You need to delete the category Legal from the catalog category hierarchy. When you try to delete it, you receive a message that you cannot delete it because it is referenced in other catalogs. In this demonstration, you will remove the references to the category Legal so you can delete it.

Steps:

1. Begin by navigating to the Manage Catalog Category Hierarchy page.

    

   Click the Manage Catalog Category Hierarchy link.

   Step 1

2. Click the Legal row header.

   Step 2

3. Click the Delete button.

   Step 3

4. You cannot delete this category because it is referenced in other catalogs.

    

   Click the OK button.

   Step 4

5. Click the Done button.

   Step 5

6. Check category assignment to see what objects are assigned to the category Legal.

    

   Click the Actions menu.

   Step 6

7. Click the View Category Assignments menu.

   Step 7

8. The category Legal is assigned to two informational catalogs. It cannot be deleted until the association is removed. You must update the catalogs to remove any references to this category.

   Step 8

9. Click the Done button.

   Step 9

10. Click the Manage Catalogs link.

    Step 10

11. Enter the desired information into the Catalog field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "patent"
    .
    Step 11

12. Click the Search button.

    Step 12

13. Click the Patent and Trademark Policies row header.

    Step 13

14. Click the Delete button.

    Step 14

15. Now you will delete the catalog Immigration.

     

    Enter the desired information into the Catalog field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "immigration"
    .
    Step 15

16. Click the Search button.

    Step 16

17. Click the Immigration Services Policies row header.

    Step 17

18. You can assign the Immigration Services Policies catalog to another category for browsing, otherwise, it will only be available through a search when the search criteria matches any of the keywords in the Keywords field.  In this demonstration you will not reassign the catalog.

     

    Click the Delete button.

    Step 18

19. Click the Manage Catalog Category Hierarchy link.

    Step 19

20. Now that all catalog associations are deleted from the category Legal, you will now delete the category Legal.

     

    Click the Legal row header.

    Step 20

21. Click the Delete button.

    Step 21

22. Click the Yes button.

    Step 22

This concludes the demonstration for deleting a category.

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