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Fields that trigger revalidationFields that trigger revalidation
When content has been moved to the workflow step Validated, the metadata fields is by default locked and can not be modified unless the workflow is moved out of the Validated step.
However, for selected content types it is possible to enable Revalidation.
When this is enabled, the metadata fields in Validated content are no longer locked and edits can be made. If that is the case then a task is flagged to relevant roles that content now need revalidation. The content needs to be validated again.
In this article you can learn how to define which metadata fields that should trigger revalidation.
Define revalidation fields
- To check and define which fields can trigger revalidation, go to Administrator > Content type > Workflow step configuration, where Content type can be for example Research outputs.
- Click on Change workflow step.
- Toggle Revalidation enabled
- When revalidation is enabled you can, for each content type - and subtypes if available - define which fields will trigger revalidation:
- Press Save after the configuration is done.
If revalidation was previously enabled and records are in revalidation, unchecking one or more fields will not change their workflow state. To update workflow, filter records in revalidation and update their workflow state either manually or via bulk manage.
Currently, fields that are available for revalidation trigger are:
- Activities (5.30.0)
- Datasets (5.30.0)
- Person expertise (5.30.0)
- Persons (5.29.0)
- Projects (5.30.0)
- Research outputs (5.29.0)
Note: the relevant fields are also documented in the Field documentation in Pure. Go to Administrator > Field and role documentation > Field documentation. Download the file by clicking on Get field documentation.
A compressed file containing all content types in XLS format will be downloaded.
In this example from researchoutputs.xls, you can see that where the column Revalidation supported shows Yes, it means that changes to this field will trigger revalidation. Where the column Revalidation enabled shows Yes, it confirms that revalidation is enabled for the content type.
This file is useful if you are running a Pure version below 5.29 / 5.30 as the settings described above is not present.
Published at May 27, 2025