Batch delete items in DSpace 4

[Gary Browne]

Hi all,

A seemingly simple task - I want to delete some items from DSpace 4.1 (Tomcat7, RHEL 6, Apache 2.2) based on matching values in a custom metadata field.

Really I've searched a lot on Googs and Duraspace but cannot find any examples. I'm reluctant to do a SQL delete of an item without checking here first, as I don't know what the knock-on effects might be and what cleanup might need to be done. Would SQL be the best tool here or REST API or wildcard tool? In some cases there are up to 2000 records matching a particular value that need to be deleted, so I don't want to do it by hand.

Any guidance/references would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Gary

[Àlex Magaz Graça]

El 21/06/17 a las 01:47, Gary Browne escribió:

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Hi Gary,

The easier way would be to use the batch metadata editing feature. See here:

https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC4x/Batch+Metadata+Editing#BatchMetadataEditing-Performing%27actions%27onitems

Cheers,
Àlex

[Gary Browne]

Hi Àlex,

Great – I wasn’t aware that you could delete items with this system. As the name suggests, I thought it was only for “metadata editing”!

Thanks a lot,
Gary


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