How to remove imported ESI File devices from an iCube Engineer project

This application note shows 2 ways how to delete the ESI file already added to the project and not needed anymore.

• 1st way (recommended and safe): Delete the ESI file inside iCube Engineer from the Component tree
• advantage: easy and safe
• disadvantage: Depending of the number of device to delete this way might take very long
• 2nd way (for expert user only, this can lead to project corruption, please back up your project before): delete the ESI file from the backend files of the project outside of iCube Engineer
• advantage: allows deletion of a large quantity of ESI files import quickly
• disadvantage: for advanced users, and can lead to project corruption.

Component Name	Version
iCube Engineer	2024.9

2. Solution Details

When an ESI file is added to a project and it is no more needed after that or it was added by mistake to the project, then it can be removed either by deleting each added module from the component section of the project or if it needs to be removed entirely at once then that can be done in the backend.

First Method:

1. In the project on iCube Engineer where the ESI file was imported, got to COMPONENTS  Section.
2. Go to Network and look for the modules imported under Local --> Devices--> ESIImport
3. Now got to the module that needs to be deleted and right click and delete. Shown Below:
   
   
4. Now that particular module will be deleted from the project.

This is the most easy and clean way of deleting the Module that is not needed in the project, but in case a large number of modules need to be deleted then in that case it is convenient to use the second method.

Second Method (can corrupt project by mistake, make a backup beforehand):

1. Save the project as an Uncompressed project.
   
   
2. Open the content folder of the Flat file of the uncompressed project. User can find it where the project is saved, for example
   
   
3. Delete all the files related to the imported ESI file from the content folder.
   
   
4. Once this is deleted, open PROJECT file which has .proj extension also from the content folder and delete all the folders which has ESI file name that needs to be deleted. It includes some Folders, a document and an Item group.
   
   
5. Next go to structure.xml folder in Flat file folder and delete the folder related to ESI Import file specific to the file that needs to be deleted.
   
   
6. Now the ESI file is deleted from the project and when the uncompressed project is opened, these ESI files can not be found anymore.