Clear trapped data

Scenario

Solution

Open your locator/return, go to the
Organizer
screen with trapped data.
Right-click and select
Field Info
, and make note of the
Area
number.
Next, go to
Tools
,
Validate and Repair
.
In the
Records to Show
section, select
Bad input records
.
In the
Problems to Find
section, select
Records with missing interesting
. This should be the only option selected.
Select
Load
.
In the
ASFL Key
column, find your area number from step 2.
Scroll to the right to the
Missing Int Field
column where it shows the area, screen, and field numbers. Make note of these numbers.
Close the
Validate and Repair
window, and go back to the
Organizer
screen with the trapped data.
Right-click a field with trapped data, select
Field Info
, and verify its area, screen, and field numbers match the numbers you noted from
Validate and Repair
in step 8.
Right-click the field again and select
Data Dictionary
to get the form and field name used for import.
Search your recently imported file(s) to see what activity number was used to import the trapped data.
Create a new black import file with the
M
flag and use the data dictionary from the required field and activity number from the trapped data. You can now delete the entire activity from inside the locator/return by selecting the minus sign by that particular activity in the navigation sidebar on the left.

Alternative method of clearing trapped data

Make sure the import file only contains lines with that form name.
Export the locator.
Filter the export file to the lines with that form name that contain the desired activity number(s).
Copy those lines to an import file.
Import into the locator using an H flag to re-input the desired data while clearing the trapped data.