Now.del

Marks a record for deletion. When the application is deployed, records marked with Now.del() will be removed from the target instance.

Signatures

// Delete by coalesce keys
Now.del(table, keys)

// Delete by sys_id
Now.del(table, sysId)

Parameters

table

string (required)

The target table name (e.g., 'sys_user_role', 'sys_hub_flow').

keys

{ [key: string]: string } (for coalesce keys signature)

An object of coalesce key-value pairs used to uniquely identify the record to delete.

sysId

string (for sys_id signature)

A 32-character sys_id identifying the record to delete.

Examples

Delete by coalesce keys

Use this when you know the identifying fields of the record:

// Delete a role by its name
Now.del('sys_user_role', { name: 'x_myapp.obsolete_role' })

// Delete a property by its name
Now.del('sys_properties', { name: 'x_myapp.old_setting' })

Delete by sys_id

Use this to delete OOB (out-of-box) records when you know the sys_id:

Now.del('sys_hub_flow', 'a1b2c3d4e5f6789012345678901234ab')

Note: For records created in Fluent, prefer removing the code instead of using Now.del(). Deletes are tracked automatically when you remove a record definition.

Notes

• Now.del() is a top-level statement only; it cannot be used inline within other record definitions
• Deleted records are written to the author_elective_update directory with action="DELETE"