Hi Edward,
Deleted batches are supposed to appear in the Batch Status with a status of "Deleted".
I believe that what you might be referring to is the fact that to complete the year end, at some point Adagio will want the batch status to be cleared. Print the Batch Status report to Paper and/or PDF and when you have the record of this report in all of the formats you desire, go ahead and clear the batch status. This should allow you to continue with the year end.
Regards, Pete
PS: Now seeing the other replies - I guess I took the body of your post too literally. The others seem to think that you are trying to Print & Clear the Batch Status report and the system is not clearing it (and I now see that the Subject of your post leans that way) which was an issue that had surfaced periodically in past versions and was fixed. Please let us know what version (including release date) you are using.
Edited by BAMPH (05/31/12 11:31 AM)
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