Party records and Trove

Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

Module 10 description

This module shows how to delete an unmatched record, how to delete (hide) an identity record and how to unhide a record within an identity container record.

Note: Identities can be hidden but you cannot DELETE an identity – identities have persistent identifiers that must be maintained.

Pre-requisites

Module 1-A: Process for contributing party records to Trove and how to obtain an ISIL code and .

Module 1-B: Register with Trove and access TIM

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

Module 10 outline

This module is a step-by-step guide showing: how to delete an unmatched record; how to delete (hide) an identity record; how to unhide a record within an identity container record.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

How to delete a record

An

Unmatched record

may be deleted. Reasons for deleting an unmatched record may include that it was not intended to have an NLA party identifier allocated for that record, or that information in the record needs to be corrected by the contributor and then re-harvested by the NLA before it can be matched with an identity record (e.g. the birth date on the unmatched record is incorrect).

Unmatched records can only be deleted individually.

Once deleted, there is no option to undelete the record. However, the record may be re-harvested into Trove.

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How to delete a record

1. Search for the record and display it under the green

Unmatched records

tab.

2. Click the

Delete record

icon (red cross) on the record you wish to delete.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records 3. The system will display a message asking you to confirm or

Cancel

the record delete. 4. Click the

Delete record

button.

5. The system will delete the record. It will no longer display on the screen and will not be searchable in TIM.

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Deleting (hiding) an identity record

Records within an identity container record may not be deleted.

However, these records can be hidden from public view so that they do not appear in Trove or its machine-or-machine interfaces.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

To hide an IDENTITY record:

1. Search for the identity container record and display it under the purple

Trove identities

tab.

2. Select the individual record from within the identity container record that you wish to hide from public view. Click the

Hide from public view

(eye).

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records 3. The system will display a message asking you to confirm or

Cancel

hide record. Notes added with the hide record action will appear as “record deleted” in the audit trail of the identity container record and not in the audit trail of the record within the identity that you are hiding. Notes will not appear in Trove.

4. Click

Hide record

.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records 5. The system will hide the record from public view.

The record will not be visible in Trove or its machine-to-machine interfaces.

Where the hidden record was the only record in the identity container record, the identity record itself will not be visible in Trove.

Where the hidden record was one of several records within an identity container record, all information from the hidden record will be removed from the identity container record.

6. The hidden record will still display in TIM and remains searchable within this interface. However in place of the hide icon (eye), you will see a red exclamation mark within a circle.

If you put your mouse over this icon a pop-up message will indicate that if you click that icon, you can unhide the record from public view. 10

Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

How to unhide a record within an identity container record

Once hidden from public view, there is an option to unhide a record from an identity container record.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

To unhide a record from an identity container record:

1. Search for the record and display it under the purple

Trove identities

tab.

2. Select the hidden record from within the identity container record that you wish to unhide and click the red exclamation mark within the circle.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records 3. The system will display a message asking you to confirm or cancel unhide record. The message includes an option to include a note. Notes will appear in the audit trail of the identity container record and not the audit trail of the record within the identity container record. Notes will not appear in Trove.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records 4. Click “unhide record”.

5. The system will restore the record to public view in Trove and its machine to-machine interfaces. In the TIM, the hide icon (eye) will replace the exclamation mark on the unhidden record. The “unhide” action will be recorded in the audit trail of the identity container record. This audit trail is visible in TIM but not in Trove.

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Module 10: How to delete, hide and unhide records

Module 10 summary

Module 10 showed how to delete an unmatched record, how to delete (hide) an identity record, and how to unhide a record within an identity container record.

Further information from ANDS

Trove and TIM and the ARDC Party Infrastructure .

URLs

TIM: https://www.nla.gov.au/tim/app Trove: http://trove.nla.gov.au/people

Acknowledgment

This module is based on the NLA's Trove Identities Manager Guide to managing records in the party infrastructure 15