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End-Dating a Hierarchical Asset

Note: End-Dating a parent asset also end-dates the child assets belonging to the parent.

To End-Date a Hierarchical Asset:

  1. Click the Start Spatial Edits button and select the layer you want to work with. Click Start Spatial Edits.
  2. Click the Edit Asset button .
  3. Navigate to the asset you want to work with. On the map, click the asset you want to end-date. Click the Show Attributes button that is on the radial context menu. The Asset details dialog opens.
  4. Highlight the asset to be end-dated in the hierarchical list view on the left side of the dialog, then click End-Date asset.

  5. The End-Date dialog opens. The unique name of the asset is shown, and the current date appears as the End-Date.

    In this example, a child asset is being end-dated.

  6. Click End-Date. The End Date dialog closes as does the Asset details dialog. A success message appears briefly onscreen.

    The child asset is removed from the hierarchy.

When you end-date a parent asset, its child assets are also end-dated.
  1. To end date a parent asset, navigate to and open the asset to its Asset Details dialog.
  2. In the hierarchy tree, click the parent asset to highlight it.

  3. Click End-Date asset. An End-Date dialog opens. The unique number of the parent asset is shown. The current date appears as the End-Date. You can change the end-date, but it cannot be a date earlier than the asset creation date. It can be a future date.

  4. Click End-Date. The dialog closes. A success message appears briefly onscreen. The asset and its children are end-dated. If you query the asset, you will see that the title on the Asset Details dialog is colored red. The end-date appears on the Attributes tab.