Information Catalog Manager Administration Guide

Logging deletions from your information catalog

You can keep a log of objects, object types, or relationships that are deleted from your information catalog. You can transfer the log to a tag language file and use it to duplicate the deletions in other information catalogs, for example, to shadow information catalogs in a distributed environment.

To protect against erroneous deletions in other information catalogs, examine the contents of a delete history tag language file before importing it to any other information catalog, especially if you delete Grouping objects.

To work with the delete history, start from your Information Catalog window.

1. Click Catalog --> Manage delete history.

   The Manage Delete History window opens.

2. Select the Record delete history check box to begin or continue logging deletions.

   To stop logging deletions, clear the Record delete history check box.

3. Optional: To copy the existing log of deletions to a tag language file:
   1. Select the Transfer to a tag language file check box.
   2. Specify the directory path and name of a new or existing file to which you want to copy the log. Any information in an existing file is overwritten.
4. Optional: To erase the current log of deletions, select the Reset the delete history check box.
5. Click OK to save your selections.

   To close the window without changing delete history selections, click Cancel.