Working with Projects

Deleting Projects and Diagrams

To delete a project, first open the project to be deleted, then right-click on the project name in the Project Navigator and select Delete current project.

Alternately, you could select the project name in the Project Navigator and use the main menu: File [arrow] Delete current project A dialog box prompts you to verify the deletion.

[Delete Project window with warning query: Are you sure you want to delete this project? NOTE: All files in this projects subfolders will be deleted!]

CAUTION:: If you placed your own files within the project's directory tree structure (for example, a SAS data set), then these files are also deleted when you delete the project. All files within the project folder are deleted!

Other ways to delete a project include the following:

Delete the root project directory from outside Enterprise Miner by using another tool, such as Windows Explorer. In order to delete it from outside Enterprise Miner, the project must not be open. You can delete only local projects with this method.

You can delete a project only if you are the sole user.

If you delete a client/server project when you have a connection to the server, then all of the project files are deleted -- including those on the remote host. If you have no connection to the server, and choose not to reconnect, then only the local project files are deleted. A local "kill" file named "projectname_kill.sas" is written to the project root directory. When you submit this kill file from the SAS Program Editor window, a connection is established to the server and then the project remote files are deleted.

To delete a diagram, right-click on the diagram name in the Project Navigator and then select the Delete pop-up menu item. A dialog box prompts you to verify the deletion.

[Dialog window asking Delete the Diagram Untitled?]

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