User gets an error trying to delete a Projectwise Data Source


 

Product 

  
 Applies To 
  
 Product(s):Assetwise ALIM
 Version(s):16.x
 Environment: N/A
 Area: Director
 Subarea: PW Connector
 Original Author:Dennis Chan, Bentley Product Advantage Team

Problem Description:

User needs to redefine a Projectwise Data Source. But due to various existing data and objects the user may get the following error when trying to delete the existing PW data source :

The Document is Approved. The user cannot delete an Electronic Source from an Approved Document.

Another item with the same identifier already exists.

Cause:

The community has already stored some objects and data related to the existing data source.

Solution:

The following steps were used to fix one occurrence of the issue [Ref SR7001438178]:

  1. From eB Director deleting the attribute mapping configuration on the PW FOLDER
  2. From the database, delete entries from the table external_attrib_links
  3. From eBSMC, use the delete function on the PW datasource
  4. Expose the 'Drawings' Folder from the new PW datasource