How to find and delete unreferenced nodes?
tagsFinding and deleting nodes not on any ViewtagsA node that is in the database but not in any view is called a “stranded” node, and it’s not that uncommon. People create nodes, realize their weren’t the right type, and then delete them rather than changing their type, for example. The way to find such nodes is to do a Search for “Deleted Nodes”: on the right-most tab in the Search dialog box, select the “Context” of “All Views and Deleted Objects”. The stranded (and unstranded) nodes will be visible in the search window, and from there can be inserted into the current (map or list) view. This is a powerful if somewhat kludgey way to recover from accidentally “deleting” nodes. If you can describe them somewhat uniquely, as in by Label or Creation Date, you can “undelete” them without having to wade through all the nodes in the database. If you want to really remove objects from the database, you can purge them from the Trash Bin window.
tags Finding and deleting nodes not on any View tagsA node that is in the database but not in any view is called a “stranded” node, and it’s not that uncommon. People create nodes, realize their weren’t the right type, and then delete them rather than changing their type, for example. The way to find such nodes is to do a Search for “Deleted Nodes”: on the right-most tab in the Search dialog box, select the “Context” of “All Views and Deleted Objects”. The stranded (and unstranded) nodes will be visible in the search window, and from there can be inserted into the current (map or list) view. This is a powerful if somewhat kludgey way to recover from accidentally “deleting” nodes. If you can describe them somewhat uniquely, as in by Label or Creation Date, you can “undelete” them without having to wade through all the nodes in the database. If you want to really remove objects from the database, you can purge them from the Trash Bin window. In this sense all nodes (and links) in Compend
tags Finding and deleting nodes not on any View tagsA node that is in the database but not in any view is called a “stranded” node, and it’s not that uncommon. People create nodes, realize their weren’t the right type, and then delete them rather than changing their type, for example. The way to find such nodes is to do a Search for “Deleted Nodes”: on the right-most tab in the Search dialog box, select the “Context” of “All Views and Deleted Objects”. The stranded (and unstranded) nodes will be visible in the search window, and from there can be inserted into the current (map or list) view. This is a powerful if somewhat kludgey way to recover from accidentally “deleting” nodes. If you can describe them somewhat uniquely, as in by Label or Creation Date, you can “undelete” them without having to wade through all the nodes in the database. If you want to really remove objects from the database, you can purge them from the Trash Bin window. In this sense all nodes (and links) in Compend
