Troubleshooting
Problem
When on the Cognos Analytics home perspective (perspective=home), the "Delete" option is missing from the context menu on objects (eg folders, reports, etc). On other perspectives such as classicviewer, dashboard, etc, the Delete option is still present.
Cause
This is caused by uploading the SampleExtensionsAll.zip as an extension in Manage -> Customization -> Extensions. This extension also hides the DELETE option as per the extension's spec.json file:
"perspective": "home",
"comment": "This code will apply only to the HOME perspective.",
"features": [{
"id": "sample.homePerspective.excludeItems",
"excludeItems":["com.ibm.bi.share.notifications", "com.ibm.bi.contentApps.deleteAction.DeleteAction"],
"comment": "Above, EXCLUDEITEMS will remove the Notifications button from the Nav Bar of the HOME perspective.",
"comment": "EXCLUDEITEMS will also remove the menu item for Delete from all of the objects in the HOME perspective.",
"comment": "EXCLUDEITEMS must be applied at the individual perspective level. It can not be used globally via the COMMON perspective."
"comment": "This code will apply only to the HOME perspective.",
"features": [{
"id": "sample.homePerspective.excludeItems",
"excludeItems":["com.ibm.bi.share.notifications", "com.ibm.bi.contentApps.deleteAction.DeleteAction"],
"comment": "Above, EXCLUDEITEMS will remove the Notifications button from the Nav Bar of the HOME perspective.",
"comment": "EXCLUDEITEMS will also remove the menu item for Delete from all of the objects in the HOME perspective.",
"comment": "EXCLUDEITEMS must be applied at the individual perspective level. It can not be used globally via the COMMON perspective."
Resolving The Problem
To resolve this issue, either remove the SampleExtensionsAll from the environment by deleting the extension, or modify the spec.json to remove the "com.ibm.bi.contentApps.deleteAction.DeleteAction" portion and reupload it.
Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 September 2019
UID
ibm11072978