Terminating/Deleting Objects or Assignments

Prerequisites

You are familiar with Validity. Select a key date and preview period. Choose key date mode in the detail area.

Which objects/assignments you can terminate/delete depends on what is displayed in the overview area. Check which assignments can be depicted in a particular case by choosing . If necessary, switch to a display in which you can terminate/delete the object or assignment by choosing .

For more information on the displays, see Displaying/Editing Objects.

Context

You can

  • Terminate organizational objects if you want to limit their validity.

  • Terminate the assignment of an organizational object to another organizational object if you want to limit the validity of this assignment.

  • Delete an organizational objects, if you want to delete them completely, including their history.

  • Delete the assignment of an organizational object to another organizational object, if you want to delete this assignment and its history completely.

Procedure


  1. In the overview area, select the object which you want to terminate/delete or whose assignment you wish to delete.

  2. Choose if you want to terminate, or if you want to delete.

  3. Choose whether you want to terminate/delete the object or the assignment.

    If you want to terminate, enter the date from which the object/assignment is to be terminated in the dialog box, and choose .

    The object / the assignment is terminated/deleted.

  4. Save your entries by choosing .