How to delete a software component from NWDI

[Former Member]

We have a number of failing NWDI transports. One software component (Component XYZ) contained a Java project that could not be compiled on NWDI because of the missing dependencies. We have corrected the source code of that particular project, but now we have tried promoting a project in an unrelated software component (Component ABC) and the transport had failed, with the log telling us the the XYZ could not be build and that in order to proceed we need to "Remove software component XYZ from further processing, because activation failed". Component XYZ is obsolete and will never be used in production. My question is, how can i delete the XYZ software component and all of its projects from NWDI ? I have tried doing so under the DTR in the NWDIs web interface: i've navigated to DTR -> ws -> Dev Environment -> clicked on 'delete resource' next to PR_XYZ entry and delete resource next to XYZ entry. This had given me a generic error message that it could not be deleted and to check the logs. So, to reiterate, how do we delete a conflicting, obsolete, broken software component from NWDI?

[former_member189220]

Hello Leo,

"Deleting" SCAs can be done in the track or development configuration. CMS - Landscape Configurator - Track Data.

You need to select filter "All Software Components" and then delete it.

However, this will work ONLY IF the SCA is not defined as part of SCA build-time dependency in another SCA in the track.

In case this is so, you need to change the product definition in the SLD, then to update the CMS and eventually remove it again from the track as I have mentioned.

In CM Services, the actions are similar, with the difference there is no Update, but rather when you do execute Check SCs the CM Services retrieves the latest product definition from the SLD. So, you just need to change the product definition and then Check SCs. The SCA should not be added in the development configuration.

Regards,