Deleting import areas and staged imports

You can delete import areas and individual staged imports in InfoSphere® Metadata Asset Manager.

Before you begin

To delete an import area or a staged import, you must have the role of Common Metadata Administrator or you must be the user who created the import area.

You cannot delete individual staged imports that were shared to the metadata repository unless you delete the entire import area.

To enable deletion of import areas in which imports were shared to the metadata repository, the Common Metadata Administrator must select Allow users to delete import areas in which imports were shared to the repository on the Import Settings page of the Administration tab in InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager.

You can also delete import areas and staged imports on the command line.

Procedure

Take either of the following actions:

Option	Description
To delete an import area	Select the import area on the Import Areas page of the Import tab and click More Actions > Delete Import Area
To delete a staged import	Double-click the import area on the Import Areas page to open the area. On the Staged Imports tab, select a staged import and click More Actions > Delete Staged Import.

The option to delete the import area or staged import is not available in the More Actions menu unless the prerequisites in the Before you begin section of this topic are met.

What to do next

In some cases, such as system failure during the deletion process, the import area might not be completely deleted. The staged imports for such import areas remain in the staging area schema of the metadata repository database. Such partially deleted import areas are not displayed in the user interface.

It is good practice to periodically check for such partially deleted import areas by using the command line. You can use the list action to find partially deleted import areas and the delete action to delete them, as described in Delete option.