
#1
Posted 19 February 2013 - 07:22 PM
I just changed one of my own templates by adding fields. Now, in the endnotes of the narrative, the new field names are shown rather than the data I've entered.
Here's my template:
[Jurisdiction]<, [Agency]>, [Series], [Record]<; [Repository]><; [Format]>< held by [Owner]><, [YearOwned]>.< [Provenance:Caps]>
The fields from [Format] onward are new; they are all detail fields. I did not delete any existing fields.
A source which uses this template now appears like this in the endnotes:
7. Pike County, Ohio, Office of the Probate Judge, Marriage Licenses, John Reynolds – Margaret Harrison, 20 July 1851; [Format] held by [Owner], [YearOwned]. [Provenance:Caps]
If I delete the citation and add it back in, it appears properly in the endnotes with the fields all filled in.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jeff
#2
Posted 19 February 2013 - 09:04 PM
Maybe the only sure ways are to create new citations as you have done or to dive boldly into the world of SQLite queries. To convert Free Form citations to my !MyFreeForm3 custom source template, I had to process both the citation records and source records to include the new fields. See Source Template, A Better Free Form.
A long outstanding request for improvement is a source conversion utility that would enable transforming of sources and citations from one template to another.
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#3
Posted 20 February 2013 - 11:37 AM
Interesting thought about what's happening. Also, I have never done a source merge and had forgotten about that. I'll give it a try (backing up first of course!).
Thanks,
Jeff
#4
Posted 20 February 2013 - 01:28 PM
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#5
Posted 20 February 2013 - 02:10 PM
RootsMagic
#6
Posted 20 February 2013 - 06:53 PM
You might try creating a new Master Source for each of the sources using the revised template and merge the old source into the new but I don't remember if that fixes the citation record either - I doubt it does.
I did a quick test on this. I merged the old source into the new (which contained additional fields). At first, on purpose, I did not enter any information into the new fields. The endnotes contained the names of the new fields rather than blank (Even though I had I put < > around the field name in the sentence structure.) Then I added info to the new fields and the endnote displayed properly. Then, I deleted info from the new fields and the footnotes still displayed properly. That is, no field names. Finally I filled the new fields again and endnotes displayed properly.
So, it appears the merge technique works, but only if you fill all the new fields that have been added.
Jeff
#7
Posted 20 February 2013 - 08:31 PM
I'm curious whether a RM Explorer Find criterion such as Source (General) > footnote contains > "[MissingFieldName]" actually finds them.
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