| ERROR | (DELDENT05) workspace object cannot be deleted because it is the target of an external partition of a partitioned variable. |
| CAUSE | User attempted to delete a variable, but some partitioned variable was defined to use that variable as the target of one of its external partitions. |
| ACTION | DELETE the partitioned variable or CHGDFN DROP PARTITION the the external partition from the partitioned variable, then delete the target variable. |