Unable to use Obliterate

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chris.bradley
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Unable to use Obliterate

Post by chris.bradley » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:46 am

Whenever I try to use the obliterate function I'm getting the following error message.

An error occurred processing the request:

Unable to Obliterate item: $/_CBTest

All branches of an item must be obliterated before the item itself can be obliterated. It is possible that some of the branched items have been deleted, but not obliterated. You must obliterate all branches before you can obliterate this item. This item has branches at:


Unfortunately, the list of "branches" is completely empty. I don't see why it doesn't think it can obliterate this folder. Also, note that we did just upgrade from Vault 4.1.2 to Fortress but I don't know if this is related at all.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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Re: Unable to use Obliterate

Post by jeremy_sg » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:35 am

The problem here is that the branches are deleted but not obliterated. You're right. This is a particularly unhelpful error message.

This error message is not Fortress-specific.
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chris.bradley
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Re: Unable to use Obliterate

Post by chris.bradley » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:47 pm

Is there any way I can find what those branch "links" are?

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Re: Unable to use Obliterate

Post by jeremy_sg » Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:13 pm

Unfortunately, the easiest way is to undelete the folder, and do a Show History for Branch operations.
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Re: Unable to use Obliterate

Post by scadaguy77 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:34 am

Where do I "undelete" a folder?

I too am getting the message:

Unable to Obliterate item: $/soc/ifix_50/Pic

All branches of an item must be obliterated before the item itself can be obliterated. It is possible that some of the branched items have been deleted, but not obliterated. You must obliterate all branches before you can obliterate this item. This item has branches at: (nothing specified here...)

There is also nothing listed in the pending change set. I do not see where to undelete a folder...

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Re: Unable to use Obliterate

Post by Beth » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:44 am

In your Vault GUI client, right-click the parent folder of the item that was deleted, then look in the deleted items tab. You will see what items are deleted, and you can restore any from there.

A good way to ensure you obliterate branches properly is to first run a history query on just the branch actions (there's a tab in the delete dialog to just select Branch). Then you see what items were created from where.
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