Remove Hardware Category from the list

[Paulo Andrielli]

Hi all,

after many years, we have some old OS/X, Linux and Web Servers that were all decomissioned, and we are using only "Server" as model category from now on.

My question is: is there a way to deactivate those hardware categories from the list? I am afraid to delete them, because we have retired assets on them, I dont know the consequences of deleting the entire category.

What will be the best way to deactivate the model category, so the users cannot use it anymore in the system?

[jonsan09 · Accepted solution]

If your goal is to not delete the model category you can try one of the following options:

• Create dictionary entry override on model category field with a filter condition to exclude the unused model category.
• Create a business rule to prevent new records from being created with that model category.
• Create a UI policy to warn users to not use that model category if selected.