Back Forward How to recover a deleted rule

You can recover the most recent version of a deleted rule if the RuleSet and version is unlocked and the rule was deleted within the last 90 days. This technique provides a form of "undelete."

Recovering immediately

If you realize that you deleted a rule by mistake when the rule form is still visible and marked with Deleted, immediately click the Recover toolbar button (zzz). This re-establishes the deleted rule and its history as current.

Through a preference, you can control whether rule forms and data forms close immediately after you delete the rule or data instance.

Recovering later

If the rule form is not still visible or was deleted by someone else, determine the rule type of the deleted rule, the Operator ID of the person who deleted it, or the RuleSet it belonged to. To recover a deleted rule:

  1. Return to the home page.
  2. Click Monitor Activity to enter the Monitor Activity slice.
  3. Locate the Rule Reports section of the workspace. Click the Rule Update History link. A criteria form appears.
  4. In the Target Class Name row, enter the rule type of the deleted rule instance using initial capitals, for example Rule-Obj-Property.
  5. Optional. If you know the name of the deleted rule's RuleSet, enter it in the RuleSet fields. If the rule was checked out to you when it was deleted, enter your Operator ID as the RuleSet.
  6. Optional. If you know who deleted the rule, enter the user's Operator ID in the Performer field.
  7. Click  Submit  .
  8. A list of rules matching the specified class, RuleSet, and Performer appears. In the query results display, locate and click the row that you think identifies the deleted rule. The Memo field contains the word "deleted." If necessary, expand one or more collapsed rows to see the detail.
  9. When you find the row containing the rule you want to recover, click the row. A message at the bottom of the window indicates that the rule no longer exists.
  10. Click the  Open this Record   button below the message. The deleted rule form displays, marked as deleted.
  11. Click the Recover toolbar button (zzz). The rule and its history are re-established.

TipYou can roll back to an older form of a rule using the Restore toolbar button (zzz), accessed from the  History Details   button. See How to restore an earlier copy of a rule.

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