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Saving Entries

Changes made to an entry in a form, be it a new entry or a modified existing one, need to be saved by clicking on Save in order to be permanent. In the following cases, Save will carry out a check for uniqueness of the entry name:

  • If a name has been entered in a blank form, the uniqueness of the new name will be checked, and the full form will only be opened for input if the name does not already exist in the registry.
  • If a name of an existing entry has been changed, the uniqueness of the changed name will be checked, and the modified entry will only be saved if the new name does not already exists. Otherwise, a warning will be displayed and none of the changes made since the last successful save will be saved.
  • If a name has been entered in a copy of an existing entry (using Copy, see the Copy tutorial), the uniqueness of the new name will be checked before the copy is actually saved and opened for further modification.

The first example shows a blank Application form after a new application name has been entered (in this example 'tsunami early warning') and a click on 'Save' has resulted in a confirmation that this entry has been successfully inserted, which implies the uniqueness of this name. The form is now open for entering the information for the new entry.

The second example shows the form after the entry 'air temperature for global numerical weather prediction' has been loaded and the name has been changed to air temperature for global NWP'. A click on 'Save' has resulted in a confirmation that the entry with the new name has been successfully updated.

The third example shows the form after the entry 'air temperature for global NWP' has been loaded, copied into a new entry, the new name 'air pressure for global NWP' has been entered, and a click on 'Save' has resulted in a confirmation that the entry with the new name has been successfully inserted. All fields of the new entry are populated with the data of the original entry and open for edits. They need to be modified to be consistent with the name of the new entry.

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