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Rearranging activities and disposal classes

richard-srnsw edited this page Nov 23, 2010 · 3 revisions

Moving or copying activities

  • To move an activity to another function, right-click on the activity title in the tree menu and choose 'Cut' from the pop-up menu. Then either right-click on the relevant function title in the tree menu and choose 'Paste child' from the pop-up menu OR right-click on an activity title in the tree menu and choose 'Paste sibling' from the pop-up menu.
  • To copy an activity to another function, right-click on the activity title in the tree menu and choose 'Copy' from the pop-up menu. Then either right-click on the relevant function title in the tree menu and choose 'Paste child' from the pop-up menu OR right-click on an activity title in the tree menu and choose 'Paste sibling' from the pop-up menu.

Warning! Moving or copying an activity to another function will also move or copy all of the disposal classes under the activity.

Moving or copying disposal classes

  • To move a disposal class to another activity, right-click on the class number in the tree menu and choose 'Cut' from the pop-up menu. Then either right-click on the relevant activity title in the tree menu and choose 'Paste child' from the pop-up menu OR right-click on a class number in the tree menu and choose 'Paste sibling' from the pop-up menu.
  • To copy a disposal class to another activity, right-click on the class number in the tree menu and choose 'Copy' from the pop-up menu. Then either right-click on the relevant activity title in the tree menu and choose 'Paste child' from the pop-up menu OR right-click on a class number in the tree menu and choose 'Paste sibling' from the pop-up menu.
  • You can change the order in which disposal classes appear under an activity by right-clicking on the class number in the tree menu and choosing 'Move up' or 'Move down' from the pop-up menu.

Moving or copying between authorities

Multiple authorities can be opened as separate tabs within Authority Editor. Terms, classes and context elements can be moved or copied between tabs using the same process as described above. This can be particularly useful when working with two drafts of a single authority (for rolling back or updating changes between drafts).

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