Deleting Attributes 

Use

If you no longer expect to use an attribute to store information for any category, you can delete it from the pool of attributes.

Procedure

To permanently delete one or more attributes from the pool of available attributes:

       1.      In the Attributes pane, select the attribute(s) you want to delete.

       2.      Right-click on one of the attributes and choose Delete from the context menu, or click the Delete Attribute toolbar button, or press Del, or choose Attributes ® Delete Attribute from the main menu.

       3.      MDM prompts you to confirm that you really want to delete the attributes, and inform you if any of the attributes you intend to delete have links. Click OK to remove the attributes from the pool of attributes.

To bypass the delete confirmation dialog: (1) if none of the attributes you want to delete has links, hold Shiftwhile you perform the Delete command; or (2) if one or more of the attributes you want to delete have links, hold Shift + Ctrl + Alt while you perform the Deletecommand.

Operation	Constraints
Delete Attribute	·        Must be in Taxonomy mode ·        Attributes pane must have focus ·        At least one attribute must be selected ·        No selected attributes can have data assigned to them

To prevent data loss, MDM will not allow you to delete a linked attribute if values are assigned to it in one or more records. However, MDM does not detect this condition until after you attempt to perform the operation. As a result, the Delete menu item is available even if the selected attribute has data assigned to it. If you choose Delete in this situation, MDM does not permit the delete and instead displays the error dialog shown in the figure below.