Delete a project

[Daniel Plomp]

Hi all,

How can I delete a project?

Regards,
Daniel

[David Harris]

Hello Daniel,

Project deletion is not supported. You can simply erase existing details if you wish to 'start fresh'.

Kind regards,
David Harris
the Telerik team

[Daniel Plomp]

Thanks Harris.

Will it be supported in future, or is this due to design choices?
Anyway, I'll delete the data for now.

Regards,
Daniel

[David Harris]

Hello Daniel,

Currently there are no plans to support project deletion however if user feedback indicates this would be a desirable feature we will certainly look to add it in a future release.

Best wishes,
David Harris
the Telerik team

[Aaron]

I think that it would make sense to allow for deletion or archival of projects.

I created several test projects with different project templates.  Now I have several projects that I would update with real project information, except I can't change the project template either.  This could happen if I forgot to choose the project template, or if I chose the wrong one.

So now I'm left with empty projects with the wrong project templates.

[Missing User]

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for the feedback. Based on what we have seen so far, this is a feature we are going to look at adding to a future version of TeamPulse.

For right now, if you have not entered any data into the projects and have nothing to lose from deleting them, you could uninstall and reinstall TeamPulse, this will drop the current database and create a fresh one. Hopefully this helps you out.

Also, to play it safe, make sure to deactivate your install of TeamPulse before uninstalling.

Kind regards,
Jesse Dyck
the Telerik team

[Siingh]

Hi Telerik
How about deleting project directly from sql server table will it generate? error or safe to delete from table?




Kind Regards:
Hariindarr Siingh
McConnell Dowell SEA

[MNP]

+1 for this ability as well.

For example. I didn't set the Template when I first created a project. Now I can't change it after the fact. It would be nice if we had the ability to delete a project.

-Matt

[David Harris]

Hello Siingh,

Deleting a project through SQL is definitely doable, but there is some work involved due to triggers and constraints. In an effort to help the community between now and when we get a release out which includes the functionality via the UI, we have created a script to allow you to manually perform this action.

To use the script, you will need to know the Project ID of the project you wish to delete. This can be retrieved via the URL in your browser when the project is open. For example, when open to the Dashboard I get a URL like this:

http://localhost:9898/#/Project/3/Dashboard

In this case, the Project ID is 3.

To run the script, open SQL Server Management Studio and create a new query. Paste the contents of the script from below, then take the Project ID value and replace the placeholder text PASTE_PROJECT_ID_HERE with that integer value.

WARNING: *** This script is run at your own risk! Telerik is not responsible for any loss of data that may occur! ***

You are encouraged to perform a full database backup prior to running the script, as modifications cannot be undone!

USE TeamPulse

BEGIN TRAN DeleteProject

DECLARE @ProjectIDToDelete INT
SET @ProjectIDToDelete = PASTE_PROJECT_ID_HERE

Print 'Disabling all triggers...'

SET NOCOUNT ON

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'#AllTriggers') AND type in (N'U'))
DROP TABLE #AllTriggers

SELECT T.Name as TrigName, o.Name as TabName, s.Name as SchemaName
INTO #AllTriggers
FROM sys.triggers T join sys.objects o
ON T.parent_Id = o.object_ID
JOIN sys.schemas s
ON o.schema_Id = s.Schema_ID

DECLARE TrigCurs Cursor
FOR SELECT TrigName, TabName, SchemaName FROM #AllTriggers

OPEN TrigCurs

DECLARE @TrigName varchar(250), @TabName varchar(250), @SchameName VarChar(250), @cmd varchar(1000)

FETCH Next FROM TrigCurs INTO @TrigName , @TabName , @SchameName

WHILE @@Fetch_Status = 0
BEGIN
SET @cmd = 'disable trigger all on ['+ @SchameName+'].['+@TabName+'];'
EXEC (@cmd)

FETCH Next FROM TrigCurs INTO @TrigName , @TabName , @SchameName
END

Print 'Deleting Project data...'

delete from AttachmentFile where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Attachment where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from TestCase where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Task where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Hyperlink where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from StoryPersona where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from StoryRelationship where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from StoryRichDescription where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Story where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from SynchronizationError where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Area where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Iteration where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Timeline where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from Persona where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from ProjectUser where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from ProjectSync where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from ProjectTag where ProjectID = @ProjectIDToDelete
delete from project where projectid = @ProjectIDToDelete

Print 'Enabling all triggers...'

DECLARE TrigCurs2 Cursor
FOR SELECT TrigName, TabName, SchemaName from #AllTriggers

OPEN TrigCurs2

DECLARE @TrigName2 varchar(250), @TabName2 varchar(250), @SchameName2 VarChar(250), @cmd2 varchar(1000)

FETCH Next from TrigCurs2 into @TrigName2 , @TabName2 , @SchameName2

WHILE @@Fetch_Status = 0
BEGIN
SET @cmd2 = 'enable trigger all on ['+ @SchameName2+'].['+@TabName2+'];'
EXEC (@cmd2)

FETCH Next FROM TrigCurs2 INTO @TrigName2 , @TabName2 , @SchameName2
END

DROP TABLE #AllTriggers


COMMIT TRAN DeleteProject

Print 'Script Complete.'

Regards,
David Harris
the Telerik team

[Rich]

Thanks Dave!  This will be helpful and I understand it is at our own risk.  Your database structures are pretty easy to follow so we should be able to recognize / adjust as needed.

[Aaron]

Thanks for the script.  It seems to work great!

-A