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Transfer Research Outputs from external to internal personTransfer Research Outputs from external to internal person
If you find that a researcher has both internal and external person records, with different research outputs related to each, you can transfer those relations from the external person to the internal person record manually.
After you have done this, the person will be marked as 'internal', but the affiliation on their outputs will still be external.
Only users with the role Administrator or Technical Administrator can transfer ROs from external to internal person records.
Example where the author on the output is an external person. Person icon is white.
- Open the External person record.
- Click the Relations tab in the left side pane
- Click Select person at Relate content to internal person
- Find the internal person and you will be guided through a few steps to move the content.
- The final step includes a log file so you can see what actions was done.
After the move the output will look like this. Note the person is now marked as Internal (Black icon)
Once you have completed this process and the external person no longer has any related content, you can delete the external person from your Pure (this is optional, but recommended as good practice).
Published at August 25, 2025