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Subject: Re: [TMG] Deleting an erroneous line
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 14:08:32 -0500


> At 01:11 PM 5-7-2002 -0400, Jane Sarles wrote:
> >Long ago I added a line that appeared to be mine and has since been
disproved as related..... I could make a flag that says "bad" and mark
all the descendants of the first guy, but can I then find a place that
allows me to delete all those with a certain flag?
>On Tue, 07 May 2002 13:50:55 -0400 Joe Makowiec <>
answered:
> You can't outright "delete" them, but you can create a new dataset
which excludes them. Set the flag as you propose, then do a List of
People (LOP) with focus Flag Bad=N, and secondary output "Create New Data
Set"......
>>>>>>>
Jane,
Assuming you set your BAD flag to Y for people in the line you
want to eliminate, I would suggest doing the LOP report using Flag BAD
<>Y since you probably have values of ?, N and Y. Therefore, you'll want
both people "unmarked" as well as "unchecked". The idea is the same as
Joe's but TMG will follow your instructions very literally. This will
give you your new data set with only the BAD=Y eliminated.

StevenC
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