topic Delete GeoEvent Definition in ArcGIS GeoEvent Server Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geoevent-server-questions/delete-geoevent-definition/m-p/657589#M2915 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created an Input where the GeoEvent will be create aytimaticlly from the input, and by mistake I sent about 1000 record with different values. now I have about 1000 GeoEvent Definition, I want to delete these definitions, is there any way other than manual delete which will take 3 days to do it.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 05 Jan 2014 04:07:06 GMT aymansalah 2014-01-05T04:07:06Z Delete GeoEvent Definition https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geoevent-server-questions/delete-geoevent-definition/m-p/657589#M2915 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created an Input where the GeoEvent will be create aytimaticlly from the input, and by mistake I sent about 1000 record with different values. now I have about 1000 GeoEvent Definition, I want to delete these definitions, is there any way other than manual delete which will take 3 days to do it.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 05 Jan 2014 04:07:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geoevent-server-questions/delete-geoevent-definition/m-p/657589#M2915 aymansalah 2014-01-05T04:07:06Z Re: Delete GeoEvent Definition https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geoevent-server-questions/delete-geoevent-definition/m-p/657590#M2916 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">is there any way other than manual delete . . . </BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>The only way right now is to do it with some file editing.&nbsp; If you prefer XML, you can follow the instructions in </SPAN><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/99887-Can-I-edit-a-GeoEvent-Definition-outside-of-GEP-Manager">this thread</A><SPAN>.&nbsp; If you find JSON easier to edit, then try the instructions below.</SPAN><BR /><OL><BR /><LI>Stop the GeoEvent Processor by opening the Windows Services list and stopping the service for GEP.</LI><BR /><LI>Find the folder &lt;GEP_Install_Folder&gt;/config/geoeventdefinitions.&nbsp; Copy this folder's contents to another location just in case something gets corrupted during the next few steps.&nbsp; It is easy to make a mistake when manually editing these files.</LI><BR /><LI>There is a folder in there called "index" containing a file called "index.json"&nbsp; Think of this as the list of all GeoEvent Definitions.&nbsp; Open this file in a JSON editor.&nbsp; If you don't have one, <A href="http://jsonlint.com/">JSON Lint</A> is a good option.&nbsp; Find the ones you want to keep and remove all others.&nbsp; Then save the file.&nbsp; Make sure that the JSON structure is valid before saving the new file (i.e. there curly brackets should all match up properly).</LI><BR /><LI>Now go to the &lt;GEP_Install_Folder&gt;/config/geoeventdefinitions.&nbsp; There is a file for each of the GeoEvent Definitions you created.&nbsp; Note that they are named with the Globally Unique Identifier (GUID), not the name of the GeoEvent Definition.&nbsp; You will need to delete all of the GeoEvent Definitions you removed from the index file.&nbsp; I find that it is easiest to just move them all to a temp location, and then (using the new index file as a reference list) find and restore the ones I want to keep.</LI><BR /><LI>Now you can restart the GeoEvent Processor, and see if the right GeoEvent Definitions are visible.</LI><BR /></OL></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:53:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geoevent-server-questions/delete-geoevent-definition/m-p/657590#M2916 RyanElliott 2014-01-06T13:53:27Z Re: Delete GeoEvent Definition https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geoevent-server-questions/delete-geoevent-definition/m-p/657591#M2917 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>where do I find those geoeventdefinitions in 10.5.1?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:10:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geoevent-server-questions/delete-geoevent-definition/m-p/657591#M2917 PhilipGlasner1 2017-12-14T09:10:59Z