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Editing Database UUID-Fields

At times you may need to modify existing matching UUID-Fields in a database, add UUID-Fields to a database, or remove UUID-Fields from a database. You do so by using the Edit feature in the User Databases section of the UUID tool.

To edit a database UUID-Field

1. Select an XML file from the User Databases list.
2. From the User Databases section click Edit.

   The User Database window opens displaying the list of UUID-Fields.

3. Select the UUID-Field that you want to edit.

   The selected row is highlighted.

4. Double-click in any field and the field becomes editable. You now can manually edit the value for the selected field.
5. When you are satisfied with your changes, click Save to confirm your changes in the database.

To add a UUID-Field to a database

1. Select an XML file from the User Databases list.
2. From the User Databases section click Edit.

   The User Database window opens displaying the list of UUID-Fields.

3. Enter values in the Name, Group and Function fields.
4. Enter a numeric value in the Weight text field.
5. Click Add.

   The new UUID-Field is added to the list of groups in the database.

6. Click Save to confirm your changes in the database.

To remove a UUID-Field from a database

1. Select an XML file from the User Databases list.
2. From the User Databases section click Edit.

   The User Database window opens displaying the list of groups.

3. Select the UUID-Field that you want to remove.

   The selected row is highlighted.

4. Click Remove and the selected group is deleted from the list of groups.
5. Click Save to confirm your changes in the database.

Note: You can define several UUID-Fields having the same Group name. For example, if the Master Database contains a value for US State (such as, NY), but it does not exist in a given User Database, you can still use some of the information that is available in the User Database to match to it. For example, suppose that the User Database contains telephone number and zip code. In that case, you can create two fields in the User Database: one will try to “guess” the state by mapping (lookup function) the telephone area code, and one will do the same but with the zip. Hopefully at least one of the matches will succeed and you will get a match.