Domain Class/ID editor |
Merge Domain |
Edit menu |
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Merge all items of another class, ID or group domain into the current domain.
Tip:
Before merging domains, it may be handy to save a copy of your original domain first: from the File menu, choose the Save Copy As command. If anything unexpected might happen during Merge, you can at least return to the original situation.
Dialog box options:
Domain:
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Select a domain of which the items should be added to the current domain.
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In any class, ID, or group domain, the complete set of Names and Codes must be unique.
During Merge, the following is checked in the domain that you want to merge with the current domain:
- when a Name is encountered which already exists as a Name in the current domain,
the item is not merged, i.e. the original Name remains.
- when a Name is encountered which already exists as a Code in the current domain,
the item is merged, i.e. the new Name appears, but the Code that existed in the current domain is removed.
- when a Code is encountered which already exists as a Name or a Code in the current domain,
the item is merged but the Code of the merged item remains empty.
In all cases, Names have priority over Codes.
Tips:
- To merge only some items from one domain to another, you can also use Copy and Paste.
- You are free to merge a class domain with an ID domain, a group domain with an ID domain, etc.
- When merging a group domain into a class or ID domain, the upper boundary values of the group domain are dropped.
- When merging a class or ID domain into a group domain, the upper boundary values of the merged classes or IDs are initially undefined.
See also:
Domain Class/ID editor : functionality