Recover a deleted component

On 6/23/2010 2:53 PM, jasuk70 wrote:

Hi,
Can anyone help.
A component has been deleted from a stream in the past and we need to
get this component back.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks,

Jas

AFAIK, components can't be deleted. You can add or remove components to
a stream, but the component will always exist. Try open your stream and
select add component. You should be able to find it.

Regards,

Chemi.

Using 3.0's powerful component-deleting abilities, client's trainee jazzadmin deleted several components from their main development stream.

So, back to the OP's question: Can these deleted components be recovered? Without losing all the history? How?

(There are some up-to-date repository workspaces around that haven't accepted these disastrous changes. Some workspaces have some components)

Thanks,
Larry.

p.s. This TechNote talks about recovering deleted 2.0 streams...

Using 3.0's powerful component-deleting abilities, client's trainee jazzadmin deleted several components from their main development stream.

So, back to the OP's question: Can these deleted components be recovered? Without losing all the history? How?

(There are some up-to-date repository workspaces around that haven't accepted these disastrous changes. Some workspaces have some components)

Thanks,
Larry.

p.s. This TechNote talks about recovering deleted 2.0 streams...

Delete would be the wrong word for what has happened. A component can be removed from a stream but the content will still persist in the repository. Nothing is deleted. You can add the component back and choose a source (ie. workspace, baseline, etc.) for the configuration you want. All you have to do is add the component back and select a baseline (or pick a workspace that has the component with the change sets that you want).

If there were change sets since the last time the component was baselined, there will be a new baseline the name "Backup before component drop" or something to that effect. Your component configuration will always be saved so that you may add it back to the stream.