Bulk Editing

With bulk editing, you can modify many items at once, such as adding or removing tags from multiple articles, adding or removing names from author lists, and many other time-saving actions.

With bulk editing, you can modify many items at once, such as adding or removing tags from multiple articles, adding or removing names from author lists, and many other time-saving actions.

To bulk edit multiple items:

1. In the search panel, do one of the following:
   
   • Search for and filter the items you want to edit.
   • Click more_horiz, and select the collection from which you want to edit items.
     

     

2. Select the items you want to edit.
3. Click more_horiz, and under Bulk, click Bulk Edit. The Bulk Edit widget appears listing all fields you can modify.
   

   

4. For each field, do one of the following:
   
   • Select Keep to retain the field’s current value.
   • Select Replace to update the field’s value for all selected items.

   Other options may be available depending on the field.

5. Click Bulk Save.

With bulk archiving, you can archive many items at once.

To bulk archive items:

1. In the search panel, do one of the following:
   
   • Search for and filter the items you want to archive.
   • Click more_horiz, and select the collection from which you want to archive items.
     

     

   Search panel with items selected for archiving

2. Select the items you want to archive.
3. Click more_horiz, and under Bulk, click Bulk Archive. A confirmation message appears. A confirmation message appears.
4. Click Confirm Bulk Archive.

With bulk restoring, you can restore many archived items at once.

To bulk restore items:

1. In the search panel, do one of the following:
   
   • Search for and filter the items you want to restore.
   • Click more_horiz, and select the collection containing archived items.
2. Select the items you want to restore.
3. Click more_horiz, and under Bulk, click Bulk Restore. A confirmation message appears.
4. Click Confirm Bulk Restore.

Brightspot restores the items to the state they were in prior to being archived. If the items were archived after being published, visitors can now view those items.