Delete Member Records from the Database

If you have the required permissions, you can delete a record from the database while it is a member of a record set, but it cannot be recovered (unless your Polaris Administrator has set profiles to retain cataloging records).

To delete records from the Polaris database while they are members of a record set:

Important:
If you want to remove a record from the record set, but keep the record in the database, see Remove records from a record set.

Display the record set containing the record you want to delete in the Record Set workform.
Select the record or records you want to delete in the Record list.

Tips:
To select records listed one after the other in the list, click with the left mouse button on the first record you want to select, hold down the SHIFT key, and click the last record you want to select. To select specific records, click each record while holding down the CTRL key. To select all the records in the record set, press CTRL+A.

Select Tools, Delete, or click the Delete button.
If you are deleting a single record, a confirmation dialog box appears. If you are deleting multiple bibliographic, item, or patron records, the Multiple Object Deletion dialog box appears where (with the required permissions) you can select one or both of the check boxes to prevent warning messages from displaying. See: Delete multiple records.
Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the record or records.

Note:
If a record cannot be deleted, the delete error dialog box appears. Select from the available options on the dialog box.

The deleted records no longer appear in the Records list. A message in the status bar tells you how many records were deleted.

Select File | Save to save the record set. The following message appears in the status bar: The record set was saved successfully, and the Number of records box displays the correct number of records in the record set.