Delete all documents from a particular document folder

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

Mike Schmitt — Tue, 07 May 2024 18:28:42 GMT

this one IS doable without the plug-in, but it adds several tedious steps (seriously, i'm not sure what your project leadership has against plug-ins, it's pretty silly...)
(BTW this is a pretty old thread at this point.)

1) in one node, get all document contents of a folder, storing the IDs into an array PV
2) call the "delete document" (OOB) node in MNI, only if there are one or more results from step 1, iterating over each item in the array
3) if there are any sub-folders (and we want to clear them out as well), the same procedure needs to be run recursively over them
4) if desired, the now-emptied folders now need to be deleted too.

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

nickk1385 — Tue, 07 May 2024 17:47:22 GMT

Hi Deepak, do you know if there is another method that doesn't use this plugin? I'm working on a story now that wants us to remove all references to that plugin and wasn't sure what would be best to put in that Process Model

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

abdurrahim95 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:20:02 GMT

I used 1st option to delete the contents and it worked. Sharing the screenshot for others reference.

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

sanchitg0002 — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:21:36 GMT

It's because you are using different smart service, the one which deletes documents in a folder is "Delete Folder Contents". The one you are using is "Delete Folder", which deletes an emptied folder.

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

jjzemmouri — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:32:14 GMT

Hi,
I'd like to know if it really works, because I get this error while I try :

Best regards,

Jean-Jacques

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

Saahil Mulla — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:58:20 GMT

yes 🙂

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

deepakg271869 — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:57:56 GMT

able to achieve?

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

Saahil Mulla — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:56:42 GMT

thank you 😃

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

deepakg271869 — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:55:02 GMT

it is a dropdown. Select value from the dropdown list.

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

Saahil Mulla — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:58:54 GMT

Delete Type is an int value, I need to delete all documents available in that folder so what should be its value?

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

deepakg271869 — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:47:04 GMT

You have to provide folder id by using tofolder({folderId}) or you can select the folder from the 3 lines next to the configuration. Delete type is like what document you have to delete. Either from the current folder only or from the child folders as well.

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

Saahil Mulla — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:10:45 GMT

Thanks Deepak, since I am new to this smart service and can't find details in doc, can u explain about its inputs(Folder, Delete Type) and outputs.

RE: Delete all documents from a particular document folder

deepakg271869 — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 07:17:49 GMT

Hi, You can use delete folder content smart service to delete the documents from the folder. It will clear everything from the folder so please make sure to use the folder for documents only.