That certainly sounds JIRA worthy though. Templates should not be able to block the destruction of a process group.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Andy LoPresto <alopre...@apache.org> wrote: > Makoto, > > Templates are tied to process groups. Unfortunately, this means that to > delete the group, you will have to delete the templates first. You can do > this by using the “hamburger” global menu at the top right of the UI and > selecting “Templates”, then deleting the templates which reside in this > process group (export them to XML first if you want to save them). > > If you want to move those templates out of the PG, and you are comfortable > working in XML, a less-enticing option is to stop the application, > uncompress and open the flow.xml.gz file, and move the template entries out > of the process group to root or another group, being sure to update any > references in the XML. Then save and compress the file, and restart the > application. > > I understand this is not an ideal solution. I’m going to file a Jira > documenting this and suggest that the dialog allows you to select one of > three options: > > 1. Delete process group and all contained templates > 2. Delete process group and move templates to parent PG (this could cause > issues because the components and connections will no longer be defined) > 3. Cancel the delete operation. > > I’ll also suggest improving the documentation to make this situation > clearer. > > > > Andy LoPresto > alopre...@apache.org > *alopresto.apa...@gmail.com <alopresto.apa...@gmail.com>* > PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 > > On Jan 27, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Makoto Hashimoto <tokomakoma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to delete an empty group. > > <image.png> > > However, it fails with the following error. > > <image.png> > > Is something wrong with my operation and could someone would help to > solve this problem ? > > Regards, > MH > > >
