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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-3 | UM-3 Add / edit content]] > [[UM-3.2|UM-3.2 Add / edit authority records]] > UM-3.2.3 Delete an existing authority record | [[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-3 | UM-3 Add / edit content]] > [[UM-3.2|UM-3.2 Add / edit authority records]] > UM-3.2.3 Delete an existing authority record | ||
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| + | [[Image:um3-2-3Delete.png|500px|right|thumb|Delete an existing authority record]] | ||
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| + | 1. Navigate to the [[Authority record|authority record]] you want to delete. | ||
| + | *For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: [[UM-4|Access content]]. | ||
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| + | 2. Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Record title bar]] or [[Edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen]]. | ||
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| + | 3. Click the [[Delete button]] in the [[Button block]]. | ||
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| + | 4. ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "OK". | ||
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| + | 5. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and returns you to the [[List screen]]. | ||
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| + | 6. Note the following consequences of deleting an [[Authority record|authority record]]: | ||
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| + | *If the entity is also registered as an [[Archival institution|archival institution]], the [[Archival institution|archival institution]] record is '''also''' deleted. | ||
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| + | *Any [[Event|creation events]] linked to the entity are '''disassociated''' from the entity -- the event remains, but it no longer has the entity as its "subject". E.g. ''entity X'' is registered as the ''creator'' of ''archival unit Y'' over the date range ''1964-1987''; ''entity X'' is deleted; ''archival unit Y'' now simply has a date range ''1964-1987'' without associating this with any particular creator. | ||
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Delete an existing authority record
Main Page > (UM) User manual > UM-3 Add / edit content > UM-3.2 Add / edit authority records > UM-3.2.3 Delete an existing authority record
1. Navigate to the authority record you want to delete.
- For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: Access content.
2. Switch from view mode to edit mode by clicking the Record title bar or Edit button; this takes you to the record's Edit screen.
3. Click the Delete button in the Button block.
4. ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "OK".
5. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and returns you to the List screen.
6. Note the following consequences of deleting an authority record:
- If the entity is also registered as an archival institution, the archival institution record is also deleted.
- Any creation events linked to the entity are disassociated from the entity -- the event remains, but it no longer has the entity as its "subject". E.g. entity X is registered as the creator of archival unit Y over the date range 1964-1987; entity X is deleted; archival unit Y now simply has a date range 1964-1987 without associating this with any particular creator.