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QMC: What does "<Orphans>" folder in Source Documents mean?
Article Number: 000003685 | Last Modified: 2019/01/17Description
There is a sub-folder in Source Document section called "Orphans".
Cause
The purpose of this <Orphans> folder is allowing administrators to clean the tasks after the related documents are removed.
Resolution
In short, it means QMC couldn't find that source document that has reload task(s) under it.
To understand how it works, here are some steps:
To understand how it works, here are some steps:
- Move a document to one of Source Documents folders.
- Create a reload task on that document.
- Physically delete the document from file system.
- After a few minutes, the document will appear under <Orphans> folder. User can then clean up all the tasks relating to it.
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