Hi Peter,

Regarding OutputFormat usage, they are only used on PublicationOutput (so language level of publication versions). So those are the ones you should remove first, if you really want to delete this particular OutputFormat.

Depending on the version of your software - the version is the shortest piece of information that describes how your system behaves.

Either over here...

Since Docs 14SP2/14.0.2 you can also mark an OutputFormat as "inactive" which means it is still a good value for the CMS, but it is removed from any dropdowns when creating new PublicationOutputs.

Or potentially query over the PowerShell toolkit called https://github.com/sdl/ISHRemote/ 

New-IshSession -WsBaseUrl https://ish.example.com/ -PSCredential Admin
Find-IshPublicationOutput -MetadataFilter (Set-IshMetadataFilterField -Level Lng -Name FISHOUTPUTFORMATREF -ValueType Element -FilterOperator Equal -Value VOUTPUTFORMATSDLLIVECONTENTREACHEXTERNAL)

-Dave

Hi Peter,

Regarding OutputFormat usage, they are only used on PublicationOutput (so language level of publication versions). So those are the ones you should remove first, if you really want to delete this particular OutputFormat.

Depending on the version of your software - the version is the shortest piece of information that describes how your system behaves.

Either over here...

Since Docs 14SP2/14.0.2 you can also mark an OutputFormat as "inactive" which means it is still a good value for the CMS, but it is removed from any dropdowns when creating new PublicationOutputs.

Or potentially query over the PowerShell toolkit called https://github.com/sdl/ISHRemote/ 

New-IshSession -WsBaseUrl https://ish.example.com/ -PSCredential Admin
Find-IshPublicationOutput -MetadataFilter (Set-IshMetadataFilterField -Level Lng -Name FISHOUTPUTFORMATREF -ValueType Element -FilterOperator Equal -Value VOUTPUTFORMATSDLLIVECONTENTREACHEXTERNAL)

-Dave

Hi Dave,

We're still in 13.0.2, but we do have the option to select "inactive". However, the output format still shows up in the output pane, so it doesn't seem to work.

We don't have the Publication Version tab in the web client either.

So it seems I'm stuck with an output format that cannot be deleted and cannot be made invisible for the users.

Good lesson about what to not to do and in my opinion a lapse in design of the application.

BR

Peter