Circular References

The Check for Circular References option in the Category Relations (EC11) program allows you to verify that the parent/child relationships set up in EC11 are correct.

  • For example, you can ensure that a Parent Category (Acme Contract) is not assigned as a category within a Child Category (Pillows) under itself (Acme Contract):

Running the "Check Circular References" option:

  1. Select the "Check Circular References" option found on the menu bar under the Options menu.

  2. The Check category structure for circular references window opens. Click Start to initiate the system check.

    • If a circular reference is detected, the following message displays: "A circular reference has been detected for category: (category name displays). Please correct this error in EC11, and then run this test again. OK".

    • Click OK to close the message window.

  3. When no circular references are detected, the following message displays: "Safe category structure verified. OK". Click OK to close the message window and to end the Check for Circular References routine.

Note: You can perform the same circular reference check using the "Check for multi-level circular category references" option in the Search Word/Indexes Diagnostic (EC71) program.

 

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