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Can a revision of a file in vault be deleted?

mpasumarti — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:33:36 GMT

Can a revision (latest revision only) of a file in vault be deleted? I need to delete the latest revision and all its versions.

When I attempt to do that the following message pops-up.

The message displayed above is misleading. Is the system stating me that it'll delete all the versions to the specific revision which i am trying to delete? OR stating that all versions pertaining to all revisions of the file, i.e., entire file, will be deleted?

As far as the information which I gotten from my peer, delete deletes the entire file from vault. Is it correct? If so, is there a workaround to delete a specific revision and all its versions of file in vault?

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MUM_dloew — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:33:27 GMT

Hi,

look here:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/vault-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Vault-General/files/GUID-3C281F4B-B469-4216-A133-BCBAFA6CC402-htm.html#mtc-english

Betreff: Can a revision of a file in vault be deleted?

mpasumarti — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:22:35 GMT

Thanks @MUM_dloew for your reply.

Unfortunately that is not what i am looking for. The shared article states about rolling back a lifecycle state on a file. But, I am looking for a mechanism/workaround to roll back a revision of a file. Do you have any suggestions on this?

Thanks,

Madhav

Re: Can a revision of a file in vault be deleted?

daniel.paineJ672Z — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:36:45 GMT

The following is not exactly what you are looking for, but it will make the current revision an old revision and a copy of an old revision to be the current revision.

1. Open the history tab and select the old revision that you want to be current

2. Right click and select get, let load, and select ok

3. Right click again on the old revision and select open

4. This will open the old revision in inventor

5. Save as the open old revision as a new part ie. current P/N-01 (don't worry this will be deleted later)

6. Close the old revision in inventor

7. Go back to the part in vault and check out and open the current revision in inventor

8. Close this current revision in inventor, but make sure not to check it in (window will appear asking if you want to check in, just click close or cancel and it will let you close the file without checking it in)

9. Go to your os drive and open the P/N-01 in inventor(this is the copy of the old revision that you made in step 5)

10. Save copy as and select the original part number in the OS folder, it will ask if you want to replace the existing part, select ok

11. Close P/N-01

12. Go to your OS folder and open the original part number. It should now look like the old revision (P/N-01)

13. Now you can check in the part and the old revision will now be the current revision in vault. (the second item on the history tab will now be the revision that you wanted removed)

14. Go back to your OS folder and delete the P/N-01