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Deleting a publication

Use the LiveContent S1000D Publish tool to delete a publication.

Before you begin

  • One or more packages must have been built using the LiveContent S1000D Publish tool.
  • The user must have sufficient read-write permissions to create and modify configuration, data, and status log files in their respective directories.

Procedure

  1. Launch the LiveContent S1000D Publish tool.
    1. In Windows File Explorer, navigate to folder containing the LiveContentS1000DPublish.exe executable (by default LiveContent/PublishUI).
    2. Launch the executable using Run as Administrator.
    The Publish tool launches in a browser window.
  2. From the LiveContent S1000D Publish home screen, click Publications.
    The Publication List displays a list of the available publications.
  3. From the list, select one or more publications to delete and click Delete.
    LiveContent S1000D displays a dialog prompting you to confirm that you want to proceed. The dialog includes a Show details link you can select to display a list of the selected items.
  4. Select Delete to delete the selected item(s).
    LiveContent S1000D displays a dialog confirming the results of the delete.
  5. Select Close to dismiss the dialog.

Results

The LiveContent S1000D Publish tool does the following.
  • Deletes the publication's configuration file from the LiveContent/templates/conf directory.
  • Updates the PublicationsData.xml file in the LiveContentData/publishData directory.
  • Deletes the DML file from the publication's source_xml folder in the LiveContentData directory if the publication is configured for applicability.

The associated publication folder in the LiveContentData\publications directory and its contents are not deleted.