I'm trying to delete old lists that haven't been used in over a year.
List Manager will not allow me to delete any lists which are in use by another list. "List is in use by other lists and cannot be deleted" is the error.
How do I track down the list/extraction using the list I want to delete?
Chris,
I posted a similar question recently and got a lot of good replies. See the thread "deleting lists" to see the answers.
-Marta
I did read those, and I'm trying to find a solution within Tessitura, so that I don't bother our IT person. I don't mind doing a Manual Edit of code within a List.
In v9.0 if you try to delete a single list that has dependencies, the messagebox will tell you which list is referencing the one that you want to delete. If you are deleting multiple lists, then it will delete all the ones that it can and you can try the remaining ones (which will be highlighted) individually to see why they couldn't be deleted.
I just tried this in the v.9 Beta and this feature isn't working. It didn't tell me the dependency, merely that the list is attached to something and cannot be deleted. As for multiple list deletes, in v.8 and in v.9 Beta whenever I try this, Tessitura stops responding, locks up and ultimately crashes. I believe the hang up has to do with a list that has a dependency. Amidst all of this, I'm glad to hear about this enhancement for the next version.
This new feature (and the fix to the race problem you mention) are in beta3, coming out today, I think.
I was able to find the list in use in the latest Beta version. But there is one major problem: that list doesn't exist. I tried clicking "show all" but it didn't show up. Can lists be hidden in some other way? Or is there an error?
Is there any chance that the list I'm being told about isn't in List Manager, but is somehow in use within an Extraction?
Chris
Yes, good point. The next build has a much better error message that indicates whether the list is used in another list or in an extraction.