Export deleted data points via ASCII Manager

[pup]

What do we want to achieve?
We have the same project running on two different machines. We want to make changes on one system, export the changes with ASCII Manager and import the changes on the other machine such that the database will be identical again on both systems.
Using -younger and the right filters, this seems to work pretty well for modified and added data points.
However, we could not find a way to export the fact that a data point has been deleted. We have tried with all four output versions, but to no avail.
Is there a way to include deleted instances in the export?
Any ideas welcome!
-Peter

[leoknipp]

If a datapoint is deleted the database does not have any information for it.
Therefore you cannot make an export for deleted datapoints.

When using WinCC OA 3.16 you can use the sysConnect() function to get the information when a datapoint is deleted. Using this function you can create a list of datapoints deletions.
This list you can transfer to the other system, read the content and delete the datapoints using dpDelete().

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[pup]

Thank you for your quick response.
Is it true, that we could also delete those data points by creating an ASCII Manager Import file, that has a D(elete) mark in the first column? I think outputversion 3 looks like it could do that.
-Peter

[leoknipp]

The "D" option in the first column can only be used when using the V3 ASCII format.
This format can only be used for datapoint types where a master datapoint (_mp_) is defined.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist