Delete Person in the Address Book?

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Delete Person in the Address Book? Anyone been successful in deleting a Person from the AB in SQL? Apparently it can be done. However in practice....? Follow this LINK to the KB article.

Randy Snyder · Accepted Answer

Well, after considerable effort I found t his article from 2016 related to the retired version 14.12. Works in 18.12. It appears the Design Team needs to spend more time with the Development Team. The UI should have a Delete button, perhaps, near the Save - Return buttons. With all the improvements to SQL version, there are still many frustrations in the UX. 
 This is what the link shows:

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Sage Estimating 14.12 SQL (retired)

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Can you delete a Company or Person (Contact) from the Address Book Estimating Management Console (EMC)? 
 How to delete a Company or Person (Contact) record from the Estimating Address Book

To delete a record: You can either delete a record in the address book or make it inactive. When marking a Company or Person as Inactive, they will not appear in selection lists. 
 
 Open the Address Book 
 
 In Estimating, Click the File menu button , then click Address Book 
 In the EMC, click the Address Book tab.

Expand either the Company or People list, depending on which record you wish to delete 
 Select the company or person record by clicking on it in the Companies/Contact list pane 
 Press the Delete key on your keyboard 
 This action cannot be undone and the record will be permanently deleted so you will need to click Yes to confirm. 
 
 To mark a Company as inactive: 
 Option I: In the Address Book 
 
 Open the Address Book 
 
 In Estimating, Click the File menu button , then click Address Book 
 In the EMC, click the Address Book tab.

Expand either the Company or People list, depending on which record you wish to delete 
 Select the company or person record by clicking on it in the Companies/Contact list pane 
 In the record detail pane on the right, find the Inactive checkbox 
 Place a checkmark in the box and click the Save button 
 
 Option II: While editing an estimate 
 
 In any cell which allows Address Book access, click the button 
 Select the Company you wish to deactivate Click Edit Selection 
 In the record detail pane on the right, find the Inactive checkbox 
 Place a checkmark in the box and click the Save button

Note: In earlier versions of the Microsoft SQL version of Sage Estimating it was not possible to delete individual records from the Address Book. Use the Inactive checkbox instead.

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