Deleting Project Objects 

Use

Under certain prerequisites you can delete WBS elements, activities, and activity elements directly, that is, delete physically. You can always delete relationships and milestones directly.

You cannot undo the physical deletion of project objects.

You can give WBS elements, activities, and activity elements that cannot be deleted directly the Deletion flag status. They are deleted from the project logically.

Prerequisite

You can only delete WBS elements, activities, and activity elements directly, if they have the status Created and no postings or assignments to other objects exist.

Integrated planning WBS elements can be deleted as long as no planned costs or revenues have been posted.

Features

Set the Deletion flag status for WBS elements, activities, and activity elements if they have any other status than Created. As long as the project objects have the status Deletion flag and deletion indicators have not been set, you can cancel the deletion flag.

See also:

Archiving Operative Project Structures (PS-ST-OPR)

If you delete activities or set a deletion flag for them, the subordinate activity elements, relationships, milestones, allocations to material components etc. are also deleted or have a deletion flag set. If you delete WBS elements or set a deletion flag for them, subordinate WBS elements, and assignments are also deleted or have a deletion flag set

Activities

Function

In the Project Builder

In the project planning board

Directly delete project object

Choose or Delete in the context menu of the structure tree.

Choose or Edit® Delete® Delete object.

Set deletion flag for project object

Edit ® Status ® Deletion flag ® Set.

Edit ® Delete ® Deletion flag

Canceling Deletion Flags

Edit ® Status ® Deletion flag ® Undo.

Edit ® Delete ® Cancel deletion flag

To cancel deletion flags in the project planning board for project objects, you must first display the objects with deletion flags. Choose Edit ® Show/Hide ® Object with deletion flag. The objects with deletion flags are highlighted in gray. You can now cancel the deletion flag for the required objects. In the Project Builder objects that are flagged for deletion are highlighted in gray.