Editing and Deleting Items from Data Lists

Editing & Deleting Items from Data Lists


To edit an item in a data list, do the following:
  1.  Click on the Settings button and select 'Data Lists':



    This will display the Data Lists page:



  2.  Select the data list you wish to edit from the dropdown list. 
  3.  Click on the 'Edit' button  next to an item in the list. 
  4.  In the form on the right-hand side of the page, make your changes. 
  5.  Click on the 'Update' button. 

To delete an item from a data list, do the following:
  1.  Select the data list containing the item you wish to delete.
  2.  Click on the 'Delete' button  next to an item in the list.
     Please note: You will only be able to delete an item from a data list if it has not been selected/assigned elsewhere in the system.
     If you do not want the item to be available in the system anymore you are able to archive it; please refer to the Archiving Data List Items article for help with this. 
  3.  An alert will be displayed:



  4. Click on the 'Yes' button. The item will be deleted from the data list. 

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