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Running Bulk Updates

The bulk update functionality allows a user to easily update large amounts of objects in a single operation.

There are three possible ways to run a Bulk Update:

1. It can be run on all objects in a single collection or multiple collections. To do so, right-click the relevant collection(s) in Tree and choose Run Bulk Update.

2. It can be run on a single or multiple selected objects in Tree or System Setup. To do so go to File > Bulk Update > Run Bulk Update.

Objects that it can be run on in Tree are: 

• Assets
• Classifications
• Collections
• Configurations
• eCatalogues
• Entities
• Index Words
• Products
• Publications

Objects that it can be run on in System Setup are:

• Attributes
• Attribute Transformations
• Asset Importer
• Change Packages
• Completeness Metrics
• Event Processors
• Event Queues
• Gateway Endpoints
• GDSN- Data pool- Receiver or publisher
• Global Business Rules (actions, conditions, and libraries)
• Inbound Integration Endpoints
• Keys
• List of Values
• Match Codes and Matching Algorithms
• Outbound Integration Endpoints
• Tables
• Tags
• Units
• Users and Groups
• Web UIs
• Workflows
• Workflow Profiles
• Reference types / link types
• Object type & structures (asset, classification, publication, setup group, etc.)
• Context -Dimension points

3. Lastly, it can be run on search results. To do so, perform a search and then click on the Bulk Update button, , at the bottom of the Search pane.

For more on how to perform searches using the Search tab in STEP Workbench, see the Search Overview topic in the STEP User Guide / Getting Started documentation here.

After selecting one of the three options above to run a bulk update, the Bulk Update wizard will appear. Steps for navigating through the Bulk Update wizard are described in the Bulk Update Wizard in the STEP User Guide / Getting Started documentation here.

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