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resources:cerl_thesaurus:editing:changeentitytype [2018/06/15 09:52] jahnkeresources:cerl_thesaurus:editing:changeentitytype [2020/01/23 08:56] jahnke
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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 would work only for new record - 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 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.
 resources/cerl_thesaurus/editing/changeentitytype.txt · Last modified: 2020/01/23 09:02 by jahnke

 

 

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