Failed to delete Structural Group in Tridion 2009

Question

This is a repeat of the question in the Tridion (limited) forum about the inability to remove a group of structures . However, since he did not receive the correct answer or decision by the person reporting the question I am asking here.

I am stuck in a group of structures that I cannot delete either. It is not localized, but only intended for another publication and does not contain any pages in it. The content was transferred from the presentation environment, perhaps the old target is stuck somewhere?

Removing it directly in the database is not an option. Any other solutions?

Answer 1

We encountered similar problems with the client. Our initial analysis was to examine the stored procedures that perform the deletion and see what restrictions were followed. When analyzing the data, we could see records that would not be displayed in the user interface, but which would prevent deletion.

We raised a ticket with SDL Tridion customer support and were able to agree with them which records should be changed in the database.

To undo this: you are not allowed to modify the database, but SDL Tridion customer support can authorize it, but only after they verify that the changes are correct and necessary. Obviously, if you try to do such things without support, you will get an unsupported system.

Answer 2

Perhaps you have multimedia components created using this Structural Group? It may cause some kind of lock. You can try modifying Set Publish States PowerTool for 2009 to install everything in UnPublished in this pub and see if that helps.

Answer 3

Brute force: run a database trace, try to delete a group of structures through the graphical interface, look for the elements that it finds when checking dependencies.

or

Open a support ticket, send them a database, let them look at it.