delete

You can use the delete command to remove the scheduling items from the database.

Overview

You can use the command option to delete items located at specific folder or a multiple items that are located at different folders. You must have the delete access to remove scheduling items.

Important: You must make sure that the item you want to delete is not locked by any other user.

Syntax and command line options

Before you run the command, you must give at least one scheduling item that you want to delete. The noask parameter is optional. You can run the command as follows:

ocli model delete | de | del Scheduling item [;noask]

You can use the following scheduling parameters to view specific information.

Scheduling items

Table 1. Scheduling items
Scheduling items	Description
`folder \| fol foldername`	If you do not provide the `foldername` or if the folder contains scheduling items, an error message is displayed. Wildcard characters are permitted.
`jobs \| jobdefinition \| jd [[folder/]workstationame#][folder/]jobname`	You can specify the `jobname` that you want to delete. You can provide `[folder/]workstationame#]` and the folder in which the job stream is defined to make the selection more specific. Wildcard characters are permitted.
`sched \| jobstream \| js [[folder/]workstationame#][folder/]jstreamname[valid from date\|valid to date \|valid in date date] [;full] [;force]`	You must specify the `jstreamname` that you want to delete. You can provide `[folder/]workstationame#]` and the folder name to make the selection more specific. Wildcard characters are permitted. You can also add the options below to provide more details of the job stream. `Valid from date`: You can specify a date which will restrict the selection of job streams, that have a `valid from` date equal to the value specified. The format is `mm/dd/yyyy`. `Valid to date`: You can specify a date which will restrict the selection of job streams, that have a `valid to` date equal to the value specified. The format is `mm/dd/yyyy`. `valid in date date`: Specify the time frame at which the job is run. You can specify one of the dates as `@`. The format is `mm/dd/yyyy-mm/dd/yyyy`. full: If you add the option, all the job definitions in the job stream are displayed. Important: To delete a job stream that has been referenced in other items, use the command ./ocli model delete js jobstreamSelector ;force. When you use force, not only the job streams are deleted, but also all the references associated with it.
`workstation \| ws \| cpu {[folder/]workstationame`	You can specify the name of the workstation that you want to delete. Optionally, you can provide the folder in which the items are located. Wildcard characters are permitted.

;noask

When you add the option as an argument the agent will not ask for confirmation before taking action on each qualifying job.

Examples

Run the following command to delete sac5 stored in the oldfolder folder that is launched on workstation stat1 stored in the test folder:
```
ocli model delete jobs=test/stat1#oldfolder/sac5
```
Run the following command to delete all workstations with names starting with xl:
```
ocli model de cpu=xl@
```
Run the following command to delete all job streams stored in the folder path test/oldfolder on all workstations:
```
ocli model de sched=@#test/oldfolder/@
```