Deleting SMART Table Entities

When a SMART Table Entity is deleted, all the jobs belonging to the SMART Table are deleted. When a SMART Table is deleted, and a job within the SMART Table is undeleted, the SMART Table Entity itself is undeleted together with the job. To delete a SMART Table, its SMART Table Entity must first be in WAIT or END status. Place the SMART Table Entity in HELD status. After a SMART Table Entity is in HELD status, you can delete the SMART Table.

If all the jobs within a SMART Table are deleted, you can delete the SMART Table Entity itself through the following steps:

1. Put the SMART Table on hold. If it is already held, free it, then put it on hold again.
2. Delete the SMART Table Entity.

The reason for freeing a held table and then putting it on hold again before attempting to delete it is that, for efficiency, when a table is held, Control-M does not check the status of the jobs in it.