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Business Action: Remove Reference

This action removes a reference to a specific target or all references of a specific type.

For example, the ‘free_objects’ reference type is used to indicate a seasonal sales offer items. When the sale period has ended, removal of all ‘free_objects’ references must be removed. This can be achieved by creating a collection of all nodes that include the reference, and then running a bulk update with the Remove Reference business action.

Prerequisites

Before using this action:

1. Create a business rule as defined in the Creating a Business Rule or Library topic here.

Configuration

1. On the Edit Operation dialog, select the References and Links > Remove Reference option from the dropdown.
2. For the Type parameter, click the ellipsis button (…) to display the Select Reference Type dialog, choose the reference type that should be removed and click the Select button.
3. For the Target parameter, use one of these methods to select the relevant target. Leave this parameter blank to remove all references of a specific type without limiting removal to a node. The target must be in accordance with the selected type, otherwise an error is displayed.

• Click the 'abc' button (), click the ellipsis button (…) to display the Select Reference Target picker, select a valid target, and click the Select button.
• Click the 'fx' button (), click the ellipsis button (…) to display the Function Editor dialog, write a calculation to select a valid target, and click the Select button. For more information, see the Using Function Editor topic in the System Setup / Super User Guide documentation here.

4. For the Remove all targets parameter, set the checkbox as follows:

• Checked with a blank Target parameter means all references of the specified type are removed from the objects on which the business rule runs.
• Unchecked means references of the specified type are removed from the object on which the business rule runs.

5. Click the Save button to add the operation to the business rule editor.

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