Hi,

During development I refactored the application's data structure and that resulted in a class being obsolete. I would like to delete / hide that specific class from App Explorer without unlocking all of the previous rulesets.

Note:

• I am aware of the Delete Class Wizzard: https://docs.pega.com/how-delete-class-v55
• There is a similar question on PDN, but it does not mention a solution: https://collaborate.pega.com/question/can-we-delete-class-without-unlocking-rulesets-manually

Concrete example:

Ruleset version 0.0.1:

Org
└──Org-Int
   └── Org-Int-Document

Ruleset version 0.0.51:

• Rulesets from 0.0.1 to 0.0.50 are locked.
• I realized that there are more document-related classes needed and I would like to logically group them under a parent class.
• Org-Int-Document class was moved (recreated) under Org-Int-DocumentManagement.
• Let's say, all the classes are abstract, they only act as data structure, there is no need for data migration.

Org
└──Org-Int
   ├── Org-Int-Document  <-- This is obsolete, it was moved under DocumentManagement
   └── Org-Int-DocumentManagement
       ├── Org-Int-DocumentManagement-Document
       └── Org-Int-DocumentManagement-DocumentVersion

How to solve that, how to delete / hide the obsolete Org-Int-Document class from Ruleset version 0.0.51?

I know there is no simple solution for that in Pega.
I would like to ask what is the Pega way to solve this task, is there an existing coding pattern / guideline in the Pega community?

Best regards,
Attila