How to Delete an Existing Company?

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1

Is there a way to delete an existing company from the database after
creating a new one.

2
Hi Aditya,

To remove a company

1. Go to global defaults and set the company name to the new company
2. Click "Trash" on the toolbar of the company you want to trash. The System Manager has a role to "Trash" a company. 

- Rushabh



On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Is there a way to delete an existing company from the database after
creating a new one.

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erpnext

World's most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month

3

Hi Rushabh,

Thanks for the quick reply, I would like to point out that the I am
not able to change the default company to the newly created one, it is
saving as a blank one currently even though the mandatory fields are
filled.

Regards

On Oct 19, 8:00 am, Rushabh Mehta rm...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Aditya,

To remove a company

  1. Go to global defaults and set the company name to the new company
  2. Click “Trash” on the toolbar of the company you want to trash. The
    System Manager has a role to “Trash” a company.
  • Rushabh

On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Is there a way to delete an existing company from the database after
creating a new one.

erpnext

World’s most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month

https://www.erpnext.com

4

Please disregard this as I am now able to change the company, I think
it was happening because the default credit period and credit limit
was not defined in the company (I think!).

On Oct 19, 8:27 am, Aditya Duggal ad...@rigpl.com wrote:

Hi Rushabh,

Thanks for the quick reply, I would like to point out that the I am
not able to change the default company to the newly created one, it is
saving as a blank one currently even though the mandatory fields are
filled.

Regards

On Oct 19, 8:00 am, Rushabh Mehta rm...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Aditya,

To remove a company

  1. Go to global defaults and set the company name to the new company
  2. Click “Trash” on the toolbar of the company you want to trash. The
    System Manager has a role to “Trash” a company.
  • Rushabh

On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Is there a way to delete an existing company from the database after
creating a new one.

erpnext

World’s most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month

https://www.erpnext.com

5

Hi Rushabh,

I have bumped into a problem I am getting a long message saying that
the following accounts are already there and there are some errors in
the error console as follows:

Traceback (innermost last):
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 333, in
savedocs
validate_trash_doc(doc, doclist)
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 358, in
validate_trash_doc
check_if_rec_exist(doc, d[0], d[1])
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 379, in
check_if_rec_exist
raise Exception
Exception

Traceback (innermost last):
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/handler.py”, line 392, in ?
locals()cmd
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 347, in
savedocs
raise e
Exception

On Oct 19, 8:34 am, Aditya Duggal ad...@rigpl.com wrote:

Please disregard this as I am now able to change the company, I think
it was happening because the default credit period and credit limit
was not defined in the company (I think!).

On Oct 19, 8:27 am, Aditya Duggal ad...@rigpl.com wrote:

Hi Rushabh,

Thanks for the quick reply, I would like to point out that the I am
not able to change the default company to the newly created one, it is
saving as a blank one currently even though the mandatory fields are
filled.

Regards

On Oct 19, 8:00 am, Rushabh Mehta rm...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Aditya,

To remove a company

  1. Go to global defaults and set the company name to the new company
  2. Click “Trash” on the toolbar of the company you want to trash. The
    System Manager has a role to “Trash” a company.
  • Rushabh

On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Is there a way to delete an existing company from the database after
creating a new one.

erpnext

World’s most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month

https://www.erpnext.com

6
Hi Aditya,

It does not allow you to trash the company since there are active records for that company - accounts, maybe transactions - whatever that came in that long list...

Company is a core property in all transactions in the system and deleting a company would mean that all those transactions are not valid. If you want to delete the company then you must cancel all the transactions too...

We will discuss this and see if there is a better way to do this, maybe an option to disable the company it. 

- Rushabh


On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Hi Rushabh,

I have bumped into a problem I am getting a long message saying that
the following accounts are already there and there are some errors in
the error console as follows:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py", line 333, in
savedocs
    validate_trash_doc(doc, doclist)
  File "/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py", line 358, in
validate_trash_doc
    check_if_rec_exist(doc, d[0], d[1])
  File "/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py", line 379, in
check_if_rec_exist
    raise Exception
 Exception

----------------
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/handler.py", line 392, in ?
    locals()[cmd]()
  File "/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py", line 347, in
savedocs
    raise e
 Exception

On Oct 19, 8:34 am, Aditya Duggal <ad...@rigpl.com> wrote:
Please disregard this as I am now able to change the company, I think
it was happening because the default credit period and credit limit
was not defined in the company (I think!).

On Oct 19, 8:27 am, Aditya Duggal <ad...@rigpl.com> wrote:



Hi Rushabh,

Thanks for the quick reply, I would like to point out that the I am
not able to change the default company to the newly created one, it is
saving as a blank one currently even though the mandatory fields are
filled.

Regards

On Oct 19, 8:00 am, Rushabh Mehta <rm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Aditya,

To remove a company

1. Go to global defaults and set the company name to the new company
2. Click "Trash" on the toolbar of the company you want to trash. The  
System Manager has a role to "Trash" a company.

- Rushabh

On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Is there a way to delete an existing company from the database after
creating a new one.

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erpnext

World's most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month


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erpnext

World's most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month

7

Well I totally agree with you Rushabh on the company being the core-
group and letting someone delete it so easily would only create
accidental loss of data, but my requirement comes from the fact that I
am still testing and evaluating this software and most of the
transactions I am making are for testing purposes only. Therefore, the
question of deleting the company has arisen as and when I am
completely satisfied with the software I would like to implement this
afresh and for that I would need to delete the testing company, would
that be possible by access the back-end if for say I have the on-
premise version of your application.

Regards,
Aditya Duggal.

On Oct 19, 9:28 am, Rushabh Mehta rm...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Aditya,

It does not allow you to trash the company since there are active
records for that company - accounts, maybe transactions - whatever
that came in that long list…

Company is a core property in all transactions in the system and
deleting a company would mean that all those transactions are not
valid. If you want to delete the company then you must cancel all the
transactions too…

We will discuss this and see if there is a better way to do this,
maybe an option to disable the company it.

  • Rushabh

On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Hi Rushabh,

I have bumped into a problem I am getting a long message saying that
the following accounts are already there and there are some errors in
the error console as follows:

Traceback (innermost last):
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 333, in
savedocs
validate_trash_doc(doc, doclist)
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 358, in
validate_trash_doc
check_if_rec_exist(doc, d[0], d[1])
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 379, in
check_if_rec_exist
raise Exception
Exception

Traceback (innermost last):
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/handler.py”, line 392, in ?
locals()cmd
File “/var/www/html/cgi-bin/webnotes/widgets/form.py”, line 347, in
savedocs
raise e
Exception

On Oct 19, 8:34 am, Aditya Duggal ad...@rigpl.com wrote:

Please disregard this as I am now able to change the company, I think
it was happening because the default credit period and credit limit
was not defined in the company (I think!).

On Oct 19, 8:27 am, Aditya Duggal ad...@rigpl.com wrote:

Hi Rushabh,

Thanks for the quick reply, I would like to point out that the I am
not able to change the default company to the newly created one,
it is
saving as a blank one currently even though the mandatory fields are
filled.

Regards

On Oct 19, 8:00 am, Rushabh Mehta rm...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Aditya,

To remove a company

  1. Go to global defaults and set the company name to the new
    company
  2. Click “Trash” on the toolbar of the company you want to
    trash. The
    System Manager has a role to “Trash” a company.
  • Rushabh

On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Aditya Duggal wrote:

Is there a way to delete an existing company from the database
after
creating a new one.

erpnext

World’s most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month

https://www.erpnext.com

erpnext

World’s most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month

https://www.erpnext.com

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Hi Aditya,
Yeah, it is definitely possible to delete all the testing data you have created while testing. In any case, if you are opting for an on-premise model, we would be starting afresh with a new server and database, so there shouldn't be a problem.


On the other hand, if you want to go live on the SaaS model and start fresh, we can delete all the testing data and start fresh

Hope that answers your question



–
Regards

==============================================
Anand Jeyahar
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ERPnext

World's most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month


The man who is really serious,
with the urge to find out what truth is,
has no style at all. He lives only in what is.
~Bruce Lee


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Thanks alot.

On Oct 19, 9:51 am, anand jeyahar an...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Aditya,
Yeah, it is definitely possible to delete all the testing data you
have created while testing. In any case, if you are opting for an on-premise
model, we would be starting afresh with a new server and database, so there
shouldn’t be a problem.

On the other hand, if you want to go live on the SaaS model and start fresh,
we can delete all the testing data and start fresh

Hope that answers your question

–
Regards

Anand Jeyahar

ERPnext
World’s most affordable ERP - Rs 299/user/month
https://www.erpnext.com

The man who is really serious,
with the urge to find out what truth is,
has no style at all. He lives only in what is.
~Bruce Lee