Need to delete non-Sharable IN-EDIT Endevor packages

Products

• Endevor

Issue/Introduction

Received request to delete some very old IN-EDIT packages from Package Control File from development staff. Many of these packages are non-sharable and created by long gone developers. 

Is there a way to delete these IN-EDIT package using Endevor utilities?

Environment

Release : 18.0  18.1

Component : Endevor Software Change Manager

Resolution

Define a SUPER-USER in the ENCOPTBL:

    ***********************************************************************
    * SUPER USER TABLE                                                    *
    * ENDEVOR WILL LET USERIDS DEFINED AS "SUPER-USER" UPDATE AND DELETE   
    * PACKAGES THAT ARE IN IN-EDIT STATUS EVEN IF THE PACKAGE IS NOT       
    * SHARABLE AND IF THAT PACKAGE DOES NOT BELONG TO THE SUPER-USER.      
    * TO DEFINE ONE OR MORE SUPER-USERS, CODE ONE OR MORE MACRO STATEMENTS 
    * AS BELOW IN THE SAMPLE. IF NO SUPER-USERS HAVE BEEN CODED, THIS      
    * OPTION WILL NOT BE ACTIVATED.                                        
    * THE USER-IDS MUST BE SPECIFIC, WILDCARDS ARE NOT ALLOWED.            
    * NOTE: ONCE THE PACKAGE HAS BEEN CAST, ONLY APPROVERS CAN HANDLE      
    *       THESE PACKAGES. SUPER-USERS CAN NOT UPDATE PACKAGES THAT HAVE  
    *       APPROVERS IF THEY ARE NOT ALSO AN APPROVER OF THE PACKAGE.     
    *---------------------------------------------------------------------*
    *        ENHOPTSU USER1                                                
    *        ENHOPTSU (USER2,USER3)                                        
    ***********************************************************************

 

1)  Uncomment out one of the ENHOPTSU lines and put in the id of the user or users who will be Super Users.

 

2)   Assemble and link the updated ENCOPTBL Options table.