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Change entry types
You can change certain activity entries from one type to another.
The following types of entries can be changed to other types:
- chat
- entry
- reply
- todo
Things to keep in mind when converting entry types:
- When you convert an entry into a reply entry, you cannot associate the reply with an activity or a section directly. It must be associated with an existing activity entry.
- When you convert an entry into a to-do entry, if you do not provide values for the <snx:assignedto> and <snx:duedate> elements, the Assigned To and Due Date fields will be empty.
- Retrieve the existing entry. See Retrieving activity nodes.
- Edit the returned Atom entry document to specify a different entry type.
- Edit the term attribute of the <category> element with the scheme attribute value of http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type. For example, to change a standard entry to a chat entry, edit this:
<category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type" term="entry" label="Entry"/>to read as follows:
<category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type" term="chat" label="Chat"/>
- If the new entry type has any special fields associated with it, provide a value for the field by including an element to represent it. For example, if you are converting a standard entry field into a to-do entry, add the following elements to represent to-do item fields:
<snx:assignedto>amy_jones11@us.acme.com</snx:assignedto> <snx:duedate>2008-02-08T05:00:00Z</snx:duedate>If you do not provide values, the fields are created, but are empty. If you are converting an entry into a reply, add the following element to represent the parent of the entry.
You cannot associate a converted reply with an activity or section directly. You must associate the reply entry with another activity entry.
<thr:in-reply-to ref="urn:lsid:ibm.com:oa:592G0A0A0A0A1E1A06D960F1C3287F00001F" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://sales.enterprise.acme.com/activities/service/atom2/ activitynode?activityNodeUuid=592G0A0A0A0A1E1A06D960F1C3287F00001F" source="urn:lsid:ibm.com:oa:3F8G0A0A0A0AAAF115C2B208A75140000002" />
- Update the entry with the new version of the Atom entry document that you have created. See Updating activity nodes.
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