About deleting catalog records

When an item is deleted, it is not actually deleted from the database. Rather it is not displayed in the browser.

Delete catalog item

1. Select the item.

2. Add characters "X_" at the front of item id. Changing the item id makes it easier to handle deleted items.

3. Click the save button.

4. Click the delete button.

Screen after delete

Show deleted items

To display deleted items in the browser, select the show deleted checkbox at bottom of screen.

When a delete item is selected in the browser DELETED is displayed in the bottom left corner of the screen. Also the delete button becomes an undelete button. Click undelete button to restore the item.

Note that by placing X_ at the beginning of the item id, X_ can be entered in the item id search field to list all deleted items. Also a deleted item can be undeleted and new information entered instead of entering a new item if desired.

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