Use the steps below to delete unused SCIS records only after you have edited all those that need to be.

1. Go into SCIS/ Edit in Data Entry and check the number of records present, write this number down.
2. Load Utilities and do a Backup (just the first option).
3. Once the Backup is complete, click the Update Menu, select Catalogue and Update.
4. When prompted about having done a backup, press the relevant Function key e.g. F10.

1. Under Selection Criteria select ‘SCIS Number’.
2. Put a # in the ‘Contains’ Field
3. In the ‘And no more criteria’ box use the dropdown to select Total Copies, 0 in Low Value and 0 in High Value
4. Click ‘Apply’.
5. This will now filter the database and display all the resources that have a # still in their SCIS Number field with Total Copies of 0.
6. Check the total filtered records across the bottom of the page, matches with the number you wrote down, if it does we are ready to proceed if not, something has gone wrong.
7. Click ‘Purge’ on the right hand side and ‘Yes’.
8. This will now have purged all of your records containing a # in the ‘SCIS Number’ field