topic tip - problem deleting space may be due to editing lock in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/tip-problem-deleting-space-may-be-due-to-editing-lock/m-p/214099#M167229 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This is a tip for anyone who might be Googling this issue. Hope this helps somebody.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A user was getting an error when trying to delete a site on Community version 3.3g - a demure "Could not delete site". The log sometimes but not consistently displayed an error message like this…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>12:05:49,178 ERROR [org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime] Exception from executeScript - redirecting to status template error: 05220014 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 05221166 Failed to execute script 'classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/site/site.delete.js': 05221165 Can not perform operation since the node (id:72b47a12-4975-478b-b94c-d6b8efe8d3f6) is locked.<BR />org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException: 05220014 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 05221166 Failed to execute script 'classpath*:alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/site/site.delete.js': 05221165 Can not perform operation since the node (id:72b47a12-4975-478b-b94c-d6b8efe8d3f6) is locked. <BR />[ … ] <SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>My confusion was that I thought this was a lock on the site itself - it's actually a lock on the document within the site.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I finally figured out how to use the "node browser" in the Alfresco app (it's under the admin control panel check out </SPAN><A href="http://your-site.com/alfresco/faces/jsp/admin/node-browser.jsp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">your-site.com/alfresco/faces/jsp/admin/node-browser.jsp</A><SPAN>), and eventually guessed to search for:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>workspace://SpacesStore/72b47a12-4975-478b-b94c-d6b8efe8d3f6</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>using "noderef" as the dropdown. This turned up a page that included, among other things, the title of the document that was locked for editing. As an admin, I was able in the Share interface to take the editing lock off the document, and then any manager of the site was able to delete the site.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you happen to know a less circuitous way to figure out which particular document is locked for editing, preventing the deletion of the site, please post! Future searchers will thank you.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:40:05 GMT nadaoneal 2010-06-22T16:40:05Z tip - problem deleting space may be due to editing lock https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/tip-problem-deleting-space-may-be-due-to-editing-lock/m-p/214099#M167229 This is a tip for anyone who might be Googling this issue. Hope this helps somebody.A user was getting an error when trying to delete a site on Community version 3.3g - a demure "Could not delete site". The log sometimes but not consistently displayed an error message like this…12:05:49,178 ERROR [o Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:40:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/tip-problem-deleting-space-may-be-due-to-editing-lock/m-p/214099#M167229 nadaoneal 2010-06-22T16:40:05Z Re: tip - problem deleting space may be due to editing lock https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/tip-problem-deleting-space-may-be-due-to-editing-lock/m-p/214100#M167230 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>thanks so much for taking the time to post this tip!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:43:27 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/tip-problem-deleting-space-may-be-due-to-editing-lock/m-p/214100#M167230 nancyg 2010-06-22T16:43:27Z