Deleting repository items

In rare circumstances, you might want to delete some or all of the items in a repository, for example, to test a synchronization job or to rebuild it without removing it from the database server.

Note    This task should be performed only when no users have the repository open.

Warning    Performing this task will delete some or all of the repository contents. Confirm that no valuable data will be lost if you proceed.

To delete specified types of repository items:

1. In Meridian Enterprise ServerAdministration Console, in the REPOSITORIES group, click Repositories. The Repositories page appears and lists the existing Meridian Explorer repositories and Meridian Enterprise vaults.
2. Double-click the name of the repository that you want to which you want to add the property. The Overview page for the repository appears.
3. In the STATISTICS group, for each of the Documents, Object Tags, and Projects items click REMOVE. A DELETE dialog box appears.
4. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Delete options

Option	Description
Delete option	Select which items you want to delete. Remove all deletes all items. Remove filtered deletes the items that match the item filter that you select from the Filter list. For more information about item filters, see Creating and editing item filters.

5. Click OK. A WARNING dialog box appears.
6. Click Yes. A background task is started and you can continue working.
7. To confirm that the items were deleted, click REFRESH next to the item type that you deleted.

To delete all document content from the repository database:

1. In Meridian Enterprise ServerAdministration Console, in the Repositories group, click Repositories. The All Repositories page appears and lists the existing Meridian Explorer repositories and Meridian Enterprise vaults.
2. Double-click the name of the repository that you want to configure. The Overview page for the repository appears.
3. In the menu, click MANAGEMENT TOOLS. The management tool s for the selected repository appear.
4. In the DOCUMENT CONTENT group, for the Remove Content item, click RUN. A confirmation dialog box appears.
5. Click YES. A background task is started to remove the content and the repository will revert to showing content from the Meridian Enterprise vault.

To rebuild the repository:

1. Validate the synchronization job that you will use to synchronize the repository with the source vault as described in Validating a synchronization job with the Ensure obsolete items will be removed from Explorer option enabled.
2. Run the synchronization job to recreate the repository items.