How to Automatically Delete Broken Objects

Introduction

This article describes how to automatically delete tables that have become broken in your report.  Broken objects can be identified in the Pages tree by a red ! mark in a circle, and on the page itself, there will be a message in a red box that tells you why the object is broken.  In this example, a filter has been deleted, causing several tables to break.

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Once the function has been run, all broken objects will be removed from the document.

Requirements

One or more broken objects in the document that you want to delete.

Note that it's not necessary to delete these objects if you want to keep them.  In such cases, instead address the issues in the error message on the Page itself.

Method

1. In the toolbar, select Delete > Delete If Broken.

2. You will get a dialog showing what objects have been deleted, like this:

See Also

How To Automatically Delete Tables With Low Sample Sizes

How To Automatically Delete Tables With No Significant Results