Removing the Package from the Transport Location

After you permanently store the retrieved package entry, if you have write privileges to the transport, you might choose to remove the entire package from the transport location (for example, archive, queue, or WebDAV) via the Result Package Tree View in order to free resources. Your ability to remove a package from the specified transport depends on user permissions that already exist in your operating environment.

Caution: Be assured that destroying a package at the transport location does not destroy the package entries that you retrieved and stored locally. You optionally destroy a package after you permanently retrieve and store the package entries in the SAS System or the operating environment.

1. Select the package from the Result Package Tree View that you want to destroy.

   The following Result Package Tree View shows a package named Alpine Airways Package.

   

   Rules

   • A package is signified by a plus sign (+) that is next to a package-level folder.

   • You can destroy only entire packages. The Destroy button is visible only when it is available for use.

   • You cannot destroy individual package entries or nested packages. If you select a package entry or a nested package, the Destroy button is unavailable for use.

     For example, if the transport is a queue, clicking Destroy deletes all messages that are associated with the selected package from the queue.

2. Click Destroy.

   The following confirmation is displayed:

   

3. Click OK to remove the package entirely from the transport.

   For example, for an archive transport, OK deletes the archive file, which cannot be retrieved again.