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Changed Names

You may wish to change a Name term, for example if someone changes their surname, or a company changes its name. There is a function that will allow you to keep the old details and link them to the record that contains the new details.

Find the record that you wish to change. Press the Record button, then the Change button. A new Name authority will be created, with a "Changed From" field that refers to the code of the original record. Enter all the new details into this record.

You can press the Changed From button next to the field on the new record to view the original record and you can press the Changed To button on the original record to view the new record.

If this name changes again in the future, you will need to perform this change function on the newest record (i.e. once you have changed an original record this function will no longer be available on that record).

You can search for all linked Object or Catalogue records from any of the Name records (old, changed records or new).