Retracting Metadata for Processes and CAF Applications
Metadata about an asset can be removed from CentraSite — this is referred to as retracting metadata. When you retract metadata about an asset from CentraSite, it is no longer available to other users for use in their own Designer projects.
Keep the following points in mind when retracting metadata for processes or CAF applications:
Retracting metadata about an asset will not affect other users who have already referenced the metadata in their own projects; however, the retracted metadata will no longer be available for future referencing by other users.
Uninstalling
Integration Server can cause any published
Integration Server assets to become unreferenced, or orphaned. Retract any published
Integration Server assets before uninstalling the
Integration Server that contains those assets.
Problems with retracting can occur if multiple processes with multiple owners exist in a single process project, even if the users belong to the same organization. For example, if User1 publishes the process procA, the ownership of procA and its parent process project (projA) are both set to (User1). User2 publishes another process (procB) to the same process project (projA). When User1 retracts the procA, User2 cannot retract procB because User2 is not the owner of its parent process project (projA), whose only asset is now procB.
You can publish/retract metadata for a multiple assets by pressing the CTRL or SHIFT keys while selecting assets in Solutions view.
To retract process or CAF application metadata from
CentraSite1. In the Solutions or Registry Explorer view, right-click an asset and click Retract.
2. In the Retract Assets dialog box, select the assets you want to retract.
By default, the assets you selected will be marked for retraction from CentraSite. If you do not want metadata retraced for an asset, clear the check box next to the asset name.
3. Click OK.
Designer retracts the assets.
If you have the Registry Explorer view open, the assets you retracted should no longer appear in it. You may have to refresh the view to see this.