[Dspace-general] How can I move an item from one collection to another?

[Claudia Juergen]

Hello Ann,

which version of DSpace with which UI are you using?

Since 1.5 there is a feature (jspui, 1.6 for  xmlui) to move items from
the DSpace UI. Log in as the DSpace instance administrator, navigate to
the item you want to move, click on "Edit" in the admin tools. Then choose
"Move Item" and select the collection you want the item to move to.

If you are using a lower DSpace version you got to do it on db level.

Hope that helps

Claudia Jürgen

> We have items in several collections in a sub-community that we want to
> move to a different collection under a main community.
>
> I tried mapping a test item from one collection to another, and then
> deleting the test collection.
> Before I deleted the test collection (containing the one test item),  the
> system displayed the warning:
>
> Are you sure collection test 2 collection should be deleted? This will
> delete:
>
>  *   Any items and incomplete submissions in this collection that aren't
> contained in other collections
>  *   The contents of those items
>  *   All associated authorization policies
> I took this to mean that as long as the test item had been mapped to
> another collection it would continue to exist in that collection.
> However, after I deleted the test2 collection (and it's one item), the
> test item was no longer available in the collection to which it had been
> mapped.
>
> Is there a way to move an item to another collection without re-entering
> it as a new item?
>
> Ann Nez
> University of Washington Gallagher Law Library
> acnez at u.washington.edu
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