Created NIFI-3417 [1] to address this. [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3417
Andy LoPresto [email protected] [email protected] PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 > On Jan 27, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > > That certainly sounds JIRA worthy though. Templates should not be able to > block the destruction of a process group. > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Andy LoPresto <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Makoto, > > Templates are tied to process groups. Unfortunately, this means that to > delete the group, you will have to delete the templates first. You can do > this by using the “hamburger” global menu at the top right of the UI and > selecting “Templates”, then deleting the templates which reside in this > process group (export them to XML first if you want to save them). > > If you want to move those templates out of the PG, and you are comfortable > working in XML, a less-enticing option is to stop the application, uncompress > and open the flow.xml.gz file, and move the template entries out of the > process group to root or another group, being sure to update any references > in the XML. Then save and compress the file, and restart the application. > > I understand this is not an ideal solution. I’m going to file a Jira > documenting this and suggest that the dialog allows you to select one of > three options: > > 1. Delete process group and all contained templates > 2. Delete process group and move templates to parent PG (this could cause > issues because the components and connections will no longer be defined) > 3. Cancel the delete operation. > > I’ll also suggest improving the documentation to make this situation clearer. > > <template_delete.png> > > > Andy LoPresto > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 > >> On Jan 27, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Makoto Hashimoto <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to delete an empty group. >> >> <image.png> >> >> However, it fails with the following error. >> >> <image.png> >> >> Is something wrong with my operation and could someone would help to >> solve this problem ? >> >> Regards, >> MH
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