server/AyaNova/biz/JobType.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         SeedTestData = 4,
         BulkCoreBizObjectOperation = 5,
         Backup = 6,
-        AttachmentMaintenance=7
+        AttachmentMaintenance = 7
 
     }
 
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         TagRemove = 3,
         TagRemoveAny = 4,
         TagReplace = 5,
-        TagReplaceAny = 6
+        TagReplaceAny = 6,
+        Delete = 7
     }
 
 }//eons 

server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs

@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 try
                 {
                     Widget dbObject = await ct.Widget.SingleOrDefaultAsync(z => z.Id == id);
-                     if (dbObject == null){
+                    if (dbObject == null)
+                    {
                         AddError(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND);
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -230,9 +231,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //
         private async Task ValidateAsync(Widget proposedObj)
         {
-             //skip validation if seeding
-            if(ServerBootConfig.SEEDING) return;
-            
+            //skip validation if seeding
+            if (ServerBootConfig.SEEDING) return;
+
             //NOTE: In DB schema only name and serial are not nullable
 
             //run validation and biz rules
@@ -403,7 +404,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 {
                     SaveIt = false;
                     ClearErrors();
-                    var o = await GetAsync(id, false);
+                    Widget o = null;
+                    //save a fetch if it's a delete
+                    if (job.SubType != JobSubType.Delete)
+                        o = await GetAsync(id, false);
                     switch (job.SubType)
                     {
                         case JobSubType.TagAddAny:
@@ -414,6 +418,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                         case JobSubType.TagReplace:
                             SaveIt = TagBiz.ProcessBulkTagOperation(o.Tags, (string)jobData["tag"], jobData.ContainsKey("toTag") ? (string)jobData["toTag"] : null, job.SubType);
                             break;
+                        case JobSubType.Delete:
+                            if(!await DeleteAsync(id)){
+                                 await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, $"Error processing item {id}: {GetErrorsAsString()}");
+                            }
+                            break;
                         default:
                             throw new System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException($"ProcessBulkJob -> Invalid job Subtype{job.SubType}");
                     }