I'm attempting to delete an attribute using the instructions in this support note, but it is not working. The addition of new attributes is working. Does anybody know if there's a step missing, or I've to do something else? I'm in Maximo 7.6.1.1, Oracle.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/deleted-attribute-not-migrating-correctly-change-package

Thanks!

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If you already deleted the attributes from the object, create a package definition of type SNAPSHOT (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLKT6_7.6.1.1/com.ibm.mbs.doc/gp_migmgr/c_snapshot_pkg_definition.html).
This will create a package of the object as it is right now, and should delete the attributes in your target environment which are not part of the package.

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Jens Schmeiser
Service Management Consultant
scienITec GmbH
Munich
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Thanks for the reply! It looks like Replace action does do it on a Snapshot package. I wasn't sure if that would have unexpected results. Any experience with that?

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MANU MAGANTI
EMA Canada| Inc.
OAKVILLE ON
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 23, 2020 12:17 PM
From: Jens Schmeiser
Subject: Delete object attributes using Migration Manager

If you already deleted the attributes from the object, create a package definition of type SNAPSHOT (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLKT6_7.6.1.1/com.ibm.mbs.doc/gp_migmgr/c_snapshot_pkg_definition.html).
This will create a package of the object as it is right now, and should delete the attributes in your target environment which are not part of the package.

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Jens Schmeiser
Service Management Consultant
scienITec GmbH
Munich
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For our current customer we only use Snapshot-Packages with Replace Action.
Especially DDL-Packages should get deployed as soon as possible, in the order of their creation.

For example:

WORKORDER object has ATTR1.

1. Package adds attribte ATTR2 to WORKORDER.
2. Package deletes attribute ATTR1 to WORKORDER.
If you now deploy package 2 before package 1, the WORKORDER Object will still have ATTR1 as it is part of package 1.
So the last one wins.

Hope that helps.

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Jens Schmeiser
Service Management Consultant
scienITec GmbH
Munich
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 23, 2020 10:59 PM
From: MANU MAGANTI
Subject: Delete object attributes using Migration Manager

Thanks for the reply! It looks like Replace action does do it on a Snapshot package. I wasn't sure if that would have unexpected results. Any experience with that?

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MANU MAGANTI
EMA Canada| Inc.
OAKVILLE ON
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 23, 2020 12:17 PM
From: Jens Schmeiser
Subject: Delete object attributes using Migration Manager

If you already deleted the attributes from the object, create a package definition of type SNAPSHOT (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLKT6_7.6.1.1/com.ibm.mbs.doc/gp_migmgr/c_snapshot_pkg_definition.html).
This will create a package of the object as it is right now, and should delete the attributes in your target environment which are not part of the package.

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Jens Schmeiser
Service Management Consultant
scienITec GmbH
Munich

Thanks, Jens! That's a great example. Appreciate your help with this.

Manu

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MANU MAGANTI
EMA Canada| Inc.
OAKVILLE ON
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue March 24, 2020 03:41 AM
From: Jens Schmeiser
Subject: Delete object attributes using Migration Manager

For our current customer we only use Snapshot-Packages with Replace Action.
Especially DDL-Packages should get deployed as soon as possible, in the order of their creation.

For example:

WORKORDER object has ATTR1.

1. Package adds attribte ATTR2 to WORKORDER.
2. Package deletes attribute ATTR1 to WORKORDER.
If you now deploy package 2 before package 1, the WORKORDER Object will still have ATTR1 as it is part of package 1.
So the last one wins.

Hope that helps.

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Jens Schmeiser
Service Management Consultant
scienITec GmbH
Munich
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 23, 2020 10:59 PM
From: MANU MAGANTI
Subject: Delete object attributes using Migration Manager

Thanks for the reply! It looks like Replace action does do it on a Snapshot package. I wasn't sure if that would have unexpected results. Any experience with that?

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MANU MAGANTI
EMA Canada| Inc.
OAKVILLE ON


Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 23, 2020 12:17 PM
From: Jens Schmeiser
Subject: Delete object attributes using Migration Manager

If you already deleted the attributes from the object, create a package definition of type SNAPSHOT (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLKT6_7.6.1.1/com.ibm.mbs.doc/gp_migmgr/c_snapshot_pkg_definition.html).
This will create a package of the object as it is right now, and should delete the attributes in your target environment which are not part of the package.

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Jens Schmeiser
Service Management Consultant
scienITec GmbH
Munich

hi, please note that you cannot remove predefined objects from the application, and for attributes in view mbo's, you will need to delete the object from the parent. hth! -Keith-

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keith simmons
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