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====== How to Change the Type of an Entity ====== | ====== How to Change the Type of an Entity ====== | ||
- | It may happen that in either manual cataloguing or automated data processing an entity is given the wrong type, for example a corporate body could have been marked as a place or similar). If you come across such a case it is necessary to correct the CT entry accordingly. However, this cannot be done simply by changing the entity type setting in the form-based editor, since this is taken into account only for new records - once a record has been saved and given an id, the value of entity type field is being ignored. | + | It may happen that in either manual cataloguing or automated data processing an entity is given the wrong type, for example a corporate body could have been marked as a place or similar). If you come across such a case it is necessary to correct the CT entry accordingly. However, this cannot be done simply by changing the entity type setting in the form-based editor, since this is taken into account only for new records - once a record has been saved and given an id, the value of the entity type field is being ignored. |
To change the entity type for an entry it is necessary to **create a new record** first and then **redirect** the old/wrong one to the new one. | To change the entity type for an entry it is necessary to **create a new record** first and then **redirect** the old/wrong one to the new one. | ||
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- | Fortunately, | + | Fortunately, |
**2.** Copy the current record id to your clipboard (select the id, right-click and " | **2.** Copy the current record id to your clipboard (select the id, right-click and " |
resources/cerl_thesaurus/editing/changeentitytype.txt · Last modified: 2020/01/23 09:02 by jahnke