Choose the Remove submenu to display a list containing the types of objects on which you can perform remove transactions: o Elements o Groups o Generations
1 – Rm e
The Remove Element... menu item allows you to remove one or more elements from one or more groups. Remove Element does not delete an element from the library, but removes the association between the element and the group.
1.1 – Rm sf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Remove Element... menu item, the Selected box contains those objects. CMS performs the remove transaction on the selected objects.
1.2 – Rm ef
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more objects to be removed from one or more groups. The object can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
1.3 – Rm g
Fill in the Group field with the name of one or more groups from which the element or elements are to be removed. You can use a wildcard expression, or a list of group names and wildcard expressions, separated by commas.
1.4 – Rm r
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this remove transaction.
1.5 – Rm if
Click on the Remove if Present button to direct CMS to remove the element from the group if the element belongs to the group. If the element does not belong to the group, CMS takes no action and does not return an error.
2 – Rm gm
The Remove Group... menu item removes a group from another group. Remove Group does not delete the group from the library, but removes the association between the two groups. If you remove group A from group B, the contents of group A are no longer accessible through group B.
2.1 – Rm rags
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Remove Group... menu item, the Selected box contains those objects. CMS performs the remove transaction on the selected objects.
2.2 – Rm gsg
Fill in the Subgroup field with the name of one or more groups to be removed. The subgroup can be a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
2.3 – Rm igf
Fill in the Group field with the name of one or more group expressions from which the subgroup is to be removed. The group expression can be a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
2.4 – Rm in
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this remove transaction.
2.5 – Rm ipt
Click on the Remove if Present button to direct CMS to remove the subgroup from the group only if it already belongs to the group. If the subgroup does not belong to the group, CMS takes no action and does not return an error.
3 – Rmgm
The Remove Generation... menu item removes one or more element generations from one or more classes. Remove Generation does not delete the generation from the library, but removes the association between the generation and the class. To remove one element generation from a class and replace it with another generation of the same element, use the Insert Generation... menu item with the Supersede if Present button.
3.1 – Rmsf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Remove Generation... menu item, the Selected box contains those objects. CMS performs the remove transaction on the selected objects.
3.2 – Rmig
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more objects whose generations are to be removed from the class. The object can be an element name, a group name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
3.3 – Rmgf
Fill in the Generation field with the generation number to be removed from the class. The generation must exist in the class. If you use a wildcard or a list of class names, CMS deletes the particular generation from each specified class.
3.4 – Rmf
Fill in the Class field with the name of the class expression from which the element generation is to be removed. The class expression can be a class name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
3.5 – Rmr
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the transaction and logged in the history file with this remove transaction.
3.6 – Rmif
Click on the Remove if Present button to direct CMS to remove any generation of the element that exists in the class. If the class does not contain a generation from the element, CMS takes no action and does not return an error.