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Is it possible to prefix the contents of a field using the Find / Replace tool in Project Client?

Symptom
  • You need to add text to the beginning of the contents of a field in your Project Client collection.
Applies to
  • CONTENTdm
Resolution

Yes, you can prepend text onto the contents of a field using the Regular Expressions option in the Find / Replace tool. To do so, set the Find what: field to ^ (SHIFT-6) and the Replace with: field to the text you want to prepend to the data. It should look something like below.

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Additional information

Another tool you can use for performing batch edits against CONTENTdm data is the Catcher.

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41063