Bulk Delete Relationships

If you have a lot of relationships that you want to delete, then you may benefit from using the Dataloader functionality to upload a file of the deletes you wish to perform and allowing the Dataloader to do this for you. We recommend that the first time you use this functionality, you use a small file with a couple of relationships so you can test out the functionality and make sure you are happy with it. Once you are happy, then you can upload a larger file containing all the relationships you wish to delete.

If you have not used the Dataloader before, you will need to contact QV Systems Support Hub and ask for permission to use the Relationship Delete Dataloader. Once you are setup, you can access the functionality at https://dataloader.quotevineapp.com using your normal Accelerate credentials.

You will need to prepare a CSV file of the relationship id's that you wish to merge. The id's should be listed in the first column without any headers e.g.

This CSV file would delete relationship ids 123456, 124567, 982304 and 34562. It would perform each of these deletes in turn, so 123456 would be deleted first and then 124567. The file should only contain ids. The same rules apply as if you were performing the relationship delete within the Accelerate application and we recommend reading the article Deleting Unwanted Records as you will still need to perform steps 2 and 5.

Once you have prepared your CSV file, go to https://dataloader.quotevineapp.com and login with your Accelerate credentials. Select 'Relationship Delete' as the Data Type and choose the file you wish to upload, then click “Next”:

You will then be presented with a preview of the data uploaded from the file, you should confirm that the data looks correct and the count of record matches the file to ensure that the file was uploaded as expected:

Clicking “Confirm” will perform all the deletes. You will see a thank you page and the processing will happen in the background. Once you see the thank you page, you are free to upload another file or close the tab, you will receive an email when the deletes have finished. This email will provide details of how many deletes were successful and if there were any errors, details of which deletes had an error and what that error was.