Removing Orphaned SLAs from the database
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Summary
On occasion deleting a project does not delete the SLA's associated to that project. Due to database associations of SLAs with the deleted project, these SLAs cannot be removed from the UI, and instead must be deleted from the database directly.
Environment
4.20.2
Solution
First, you'll need to get the ID of the SLA from the AO_54307E_TIMEMETRIC table. In the below query you'll need to replace <sla-name> with the name of the SLA to be removed:
SELECT ID FROM AO_54307E_TIMEMETRIC WHERE NAME='<sla-name>';
Based on the return from the above query, the ID will be used in the subsequent queries for the TIME_METRIC_ID value.
Next We then need to delete entries from the following 3 AO tables. We'll want you to replace <sla_id> in the below queries with the value returned from the select query:
DELETE FROM AO_54307E_METRICCONDITION WHERE TIME_METRIC_ID=<sla_id>;
DELETE FROM AO_54307E_THRESHOLD WHERE TIME_METRIC_ID=<sla_id>;
DELETE FROM AO_54307E_GOAL WHERE TIME_METRIC_ID=<sla_id>;
Now that the key constraints have been removed, you can delete the SLA from the AO_54307E_TIMEMETRIC table:
DELETE FROM AO_54307E_TIMEMETRIC WHERE ID=<sla_id>;
This should fully remove the SLA from your environment and from the UI within JSM.