This topic provides orientation on deleting obsolete authoritative documents in the Knowledge module. This section will only be visible in the system if this feature was enabled in Administration module, where a number of days can be set for authoritative documents to be considered obsolete. For details, see Chapter 17: Administration -> Settings -> Obsolete Elements.
The countdown for authoritative documents begins with the date a version was published. When a version of an authoritative document is deleted, any cross-references, mappings, and published surveys associated with the version of the obsolete document will also be deleted. If a compliance survey is associated with requirements from more than one authoritative document, only the associations with the version of the obsolete document will be deleted. Also note that an authoritative document being analyzed in a project will be not be considered obsolete until the project is deleted and only if it is not being analyzed in any other projects.