Moving a metadata field from individual to sighting page

New Codex Field
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Which Codex is this for?
Seal Codex

New field name:
Unidentified individual

New field description:
Provide a reference for individuals that do not have a “phs” code

Field values (ex: true, false, unknown):
Free text

Category (ex: behavior, life events, tagging, etc.):
Identification?

Does this Metadata go on the Individual, Sighting, or Encounter page?
Sighting page → Animals → metadata.

This metadata is currently on the individual page, where we originally requested it to be, but ofcourse it does not work there, since unknown individual is NOT known individual :slight_smile:

Is this field required? (We typically don’t recommend required fields because it can discourage submissions from the public.)
No. (If I understand correctly, you don’t need to fill this field when submitting a new sighting?)

If the field is required, what is the default value?

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Oh, interesting! I’ve not tried moving a Codex field before. Let me make sure this isn’t going to do something unexpected and I’ll follow up with you.

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Due to some limitations in Codex, we weren’t able to move the field from the Individual to the Animal/Encounter tab, so we renamed the old field to “UNUSED” and added a new “Unknown individual” field to the Animal metadata.

I’m also going to update the submission template so that the metadata placement is clearer.

That’s correct.

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Thank you! :blush:

Best,
Piia

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