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Bulk Delete Node

Bulk Delete Node

May 09, 2024

Overview

Use a

 node to bulk delete records from a table. The Bulk Delete node can delete all records, or those records which satisfy the specified filter criteria set on the node. 

A bulk delete node will only delete records from a table with a Type of Transactional.

 

The Bulk Delete node purges records from PhixFlow including the audit history of records where Audit Manual Changes has been enabled.

To delete records and persist the audit history of the record, see Delete Node.  

Setup

  1. When creating a Bulk Delete by default Tables with Audit Manual Changes enabled will not be shown in the available list.

  2. Enable Allow Audit Table to display Tables with Audit Manual Changes enabled.

Basic Settings

Field

Description

Name

Enter the name for the action node.

Type

  • Delete, allows the specification of Data Retrieval Options against the selected table to identify which records will be deleted.

  • Delete All, will delete all data from the selected table. The Data Retrieval Options will be hidden.  

Table

The table in which the records will be deleted. This table must have a Period of Transactional.

Data Retrieval Option

Available when Type is set to Delete. 

Field

Description

Data Range

  • Latest, selects data from the latest recordsets.

  • All, selects data from all recordsets (default).  

Filter Criteria

Specifies the criteria by which the records will be selected for deletion. See Filter → Filter Details

Filter Parameters

The grid contains a list of incoming attributes which can be referenced by the Data Retrieval Options using the notation ConnectorName.AttributeName e.g. in.MyAttribute.

  • To add a new Filter Parameter, in the section toolbar click 

     Add New  and set the properties.

  • To edit an existing Filter Parameter, double-click it in the list to open its properties.

  • To remove a Filter Parameter, select one and in the section toolbar click 

     Delete.

The Filter Types are mapped to using the incoming connection.

 

Advanced Settings

Field

Description

Delete Batch Size

When deleting selected records, data will be deleted in batches. Delete Batch Size determines the size of the batches. If left blank the batch size set in System Configuration → System Tuning → Delete Batch Size, is used as the default. The System Configuration value can be overridden with this batch size. 

Prioritise throughput over ordering

When this option is ticked records are processes in parallel to optimise performance. This means the order records are processed is nondeterministic.

When unticked (default), records are processed in the order they are provided.

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