Deleting a Storage Location Blocking a Storage Location

Setting Up PCM Storage Space 9-9

9.3.4 Viewing Information about a Storage Location

Use this procedure to view information about a storage location.

1. Click Physical then Storage.

The Exploring Page for the top level of the storage hierarchy is displayed.

2. Click the Info icon for the storage location or click Information then Storage

Information from the location’s Action menu. The Storage Information Page is displayed listing the current storage location properties.

3. Click OK when done.

The Exploring Page is displayed again. This page shows the current properties of the selected storage location, including the total available spaces calculated from all child storage locations and the spaces currently used. There are also locator links at the top of the page, which show where the storage location is located in the storage space hierarchy. By default, the available storage space is recalculated daily at midnight. Therefore, the displayed storage availability information may not be up to date as the day progresses because it reflects the situation from the night before. If you are an administrator with the PCM.Admin.Manager right, you can force a recalculation of the available storage space by running the Process Storage Space Counts batch service.

9.3.5 Deleting a Storage Location

Use this procedure to delete a storage location from the storage space hierarchy. A storage location must be empty before it can be deleted. A location is considered empty if it does not contain any items. If a storage location has all empty child storage locations, the entire branch can be deleted. If you attempt to delete a non-empty storage location, an error message is displayed.

1. Click Physical then Storage.

The Exploring Page for the top level of the storage hierarchy is displayed.

2. Navigate to the storage location to delete, and click Delete then Delete Storage

Location from the item’s Action menu. Permissions: The PCM.Storage.Read right is needed to perform this action. This right is assigned by default to the PCM Administrator and the PCM Requestor role. Permissions: The PCM.Storage.Delete right is needed to perform this action. This right is assigned by default to the PCM Administrator role. Note: You cannot delete the predefined Other storage location, even if it is empty. 9-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Setup Guide for Universal Records Management To delete multiple storage locations from the exploring pages select their boxes and click Delete in the Table menu. If the storage location is empty, it is immediately deleted from the storage space hierarchy without any further warnings, and the Exploring Page is refreshed. If the storage location is not empty, an error message is displayed and it will not be deleted.

9.3.6 Blocking a Storage Location

Use this procedure to block a storage location. After blocking, no items can be stored in the location and all its child locations, even if space is available. Only empty storage locations can be blocked. When a location is blocked, its Allow storage of content setting is set to No. An example of use is to create a dummy storage location a storage bay cannot be used because of physical limitations but it is necessary to retain sequential numbering across multiple rows.

1. Click Physical then Storage.

The Exploring Page for the top level of the storage hierarchy is displayed.

2. Navigate to the storage space level to block and click Edit then Block Storage from

the level’s Action menu. The initial Exploring Page is displayed again and content can no longer be assigned to the storage location. If the status column previously showed Available, it is now empty. Also, the Storage Information Page of the storage location has the Allow storage of content field set to No. To cancel the blocked status of a storage location and allow storage of content again, edit the storage location and set its Allow storage of content setting to Yes. See Editing a Storage Location on page 9-8 for details. After unblocking a storage location, its status column on the Exploring pages shows Available again. It was empty while the storage location was blocked.

9.3.7 Reserving or Canceling a Reservation for a Storage Location