Deleting a Program in Jira Align shows that work items need moving or deleting
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Summary
This article covers a situation where there is a need to delete a program from Jira Align, however, are getting an error:
Are you sure? Deleting this Program will permanently remove it from the system.
Please move or delete work items associated with the Program first:
Program: xxxx
Iteration - xx items
Diagnosis
In Jira Align access Recycle bin to delete all the deleted Stories and Features
Getting the same error even after Permanently deleting all the associated objects
Cause
The error specifically indicates there is a issue with deleting the associated Iterations
Solution
Go to Jira and search for the sprint names associated to the program
Manually search those sprints in JiraAlign for the programs and teams
Unlock the Sprints and delete all the associated Sprints from Jira Align
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