After removing type restrictions for object type do values remain?

jeffschneider

I have a metadata element, "Provenance"
Previously the type restrictions were mapped to object types Series and Item
Values were set on records for each object type.

However I realised that I had to reorganise and Provenance should be mapped only to the Series object type, so the type restrictions no longer maps to Item.

I suppose when I updated the type restrictions, the values set on Items stay in the database, but you cannot set the value on Items going forward?

However when doing a search on Provenance, items are returned in the results. Is this because the defunct values for items still persist, or will a reindex make it so items no longer return?

I didn't see a command line utility that cleans this up but may have missed it.

I suppose another option is to run an import to blank out the values on item before removing the type restrictions, but that seems a bit cumbersome

monica

Yes, the value will remain in the database. I don't know if a reindex would actually fix it.

The easiest way to deal with it, is to add all items to a set and do a bulk edit to remove the value from that attribute. You will need to add that attribute back into the UI though.