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Deleting a Data View

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Am I missing something, or can a data view not be deleted? I see "Edit", and therein, "Save and Cancel", but no way to delete a data view I was trying to create and now have no use for...? I feel like that can't be right, but I read through the documentation on reporting and I couldn't find where it mentioned it either.

Someone please point out the obvious that I clearly can't find for myself =)

  • Photo of David Leigh

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    Some things to check:

    1. Does the Data View reference another Data View (as a filter condition) that you don't have permission for?
    2. Does the Data View use a Data Transform that you don't have permission for?
    3. Does the user have permission for all of "View", "Edit" and "Administrate" for the Report (not just one or two of these)?

     

     

    • Michael Garrison

      Michael Garrison

      Good ideas David, but I'd already "dumbed down" the view as much as possible- the only filter left within it is "People" with "Age" equal to "-1" (obviously an empty list).
      For permissions, it's set to normal now, so "RSR - Rock Administration" is set to "Allow" Administrate and Edit, and "All users" are set to "Allow" View. Both of my accounts are set up as Administrators (my non- UserId=1 account simply is a part of other groups as well) and certainly there are no data views or transforms that the Administrator (UserId=1) account doesn't have access to.

      • David Leigh

        David Leigh

        Try setting "RSR - Rock Administration" to "Allow" for View as well?
        Also, are there any "Deny" permissions in your Security setup?

        • Michael Garrison

          Michael Garrison

          No change adding the "View" permission. The only Deny permissions are "All Users" on "Edit" and "Administrate", at the very bottom of the list.

          • Michael Garrison

            Michael Garrison

            Still no change (!)
            This is now the only "Item Permission", so it's necessarily at the very top of the list, above the "Inherited Permissions", so I can't imagine what's overriding it...

            • David Leigh

              David Leigh

              You're welcome! I'm pleased that we finally got to the bottom of this.
              I'll fix the UI behavior so that the Delete button is available, but shows an error explaining the reason why the Delete can't proceed in this situation. At least we can save someone else from having to go through this process!

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              If you select the Data View in the Data Views page, the Delete button should be to the right of the Edit button.

              If you can't see the button, then your Security Roles for the logged in user may not allow deleting Data Views.
              Perhaps try logging in as Administrator to make sure the button is available?

              • Michael Garrison

                Michael Garrison

                OK you're right, I see that on other reports. But not on this one, where I've set up some tighter security. Which is odd since "RSR - Rock Administration" is set to "Allow" under Administrate (only below a custom security group I set up which Admin is not a part of).
                Guess I'll have to play a little to figure out where I went wrong with my custom security settings...
                Thanks

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                It sounds to me like you're not the person that created the data view you're trying to delete!

              • Photo of Michael Garrison

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                OK, I'm back to being stumped.

                I modified all the security on the data view- no luck.

                I moved the data view to a different parent (which also reset security as I did it), and now it matches perfectly the security of another Data View in that new parent (whose delete option I can see) - still I can't delete this view!

                I've only got two logins and I know that I created this Data View- but neither profile has the option to delete it!

                Is there something else I can check and report that would help someone out there know why I'm not being shown that option?