9.8. Delete a Child or an Adult Record
The only time you would ever want to delete a child or an adult record from this database is if there has been a mistaken entry.
If the child is no longer attending the service, you should carry out the process for withdrawing a child from the service. This is because the software is designed to maintain past enrolments as well as current ones. Likewise, adults associated with a child who is no longer attending the service are still maintained in the database.
However, if there has been an incorrect entry, there is a simple way to delete a child's or an adult's records.
Your Responsibility.
To ensure that the records are as accurate as possible. This will maintain the integrity of the data and thus the integrity of the information that it generates.
Steps to: Delete a Child Record
Select menu BOOKING+BILLING / CHILD.
Choose the child you wish to delete from the Draw Down Selection List.
Bring forward the update window by Double Clicking on the Child's Name.
Select DELETE.
You will be asked if you really want to delete that child. Select YES or NO.
You will then be asked a couple of options to also delete all ADULTS and/or ACCOUNTS UNIQUE to this child.
Select the relevant options by clicking in the corresponding Check Box/es.
Select OK.
Steps to: Delete an Adult Record
Select menu BOOKING+BILLING / ADULT.
Choose the Adult, from the Draw Down Selection List, you wish to delete
Bring forward the ADULT UPDATE edit screen by Double Clicking on the adult's name at the top of the window.
Select the DELETE option.
You will be asked if you really want to delete that adult. Select YES or NO.
If you select YES, the record for that adult will be permanently deleted.