Change individual ID for all encounters automatically

Continuing the discussion from New Feature Request Process:

What Wildbook should this feature be in?
Sharkbook
What would you like to see?
I would like to change the individual IDs for all encounters automatically, rather than having to manually update the ID in every associated encounter.

How would this functionality help you?
I am currently working in cleaning the Leopard shark database and coming across a lot of duplicates (same individuals with different IDs), so this feature would reduce the time I spend assigning the updated ID to every sighting and make my work efficient especially with Individuals with high number of encounters.

If requesting a new location ID, include

  • Is this is nested beneath another location in the hierarchy?
  • Is there a prefix for region-based naming? (optional)
  • GPS coordinates in decimal format (optional)

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