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alias: user-guide-terminate-data-collection
description: "This documentation explains how to end a data collection process"
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# Terminate Data Collection

:lock: DataCollection.**Terminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Terminate a **Data Collection**.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Data Collection** exists in the system and is in Active or Created state.

## Sequence of Steps

Use the following steps to terminate a **Data Collection**.

### Step 1: Open the termination wizard

1. Open the **Data Collection** you want to terminate.
2. In the **Data Collection** page, select **More** in the top ribbon.
3. Select **Terminate** from the dropdown menu.
4. Select one of the following:

    * **Revision** - if you want to terminate a revision. For more information, see [Revisions](../../general/revisions/index.md).
    * **Version** - if you want to terminate a version associated to an existing revision. For more information, see [Versions](../../general/versions/index.md).

### Step 2: General Data

Select **Terminate** to perform the operation. All generic/smart table rows that reference the current object will be removed and will not be recovered if the object is unterminated at a later point.

For more information, see [Terminate and Unterminate](../../general/terminate_and_unterminate.md).

![terminate_data_collection][terminate_data_collection]

[terminate_data_collection]: images/terminate_data_collection.png