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Unclassifying content

The unclassify action allows you to remove a Keyword association from one or more Content Manager items such as Pages and Components. When you unclassify an item, the Keyword or Keywords are removed from the Keyword fields of the item (Component fields or Metadata fields).

Before you begin

To be able to use unclassify functionality, the items to unclassify must be: checked-in (applies to versioned items only), local copies or local items (you cannot classify items that are shared), and the Keyword fields for the selected Content Manager items must be optional.

Furthermore, you must have the relevant rights for the type of Content Manager item you want to unclassify and Write permissions for the organizational item.

Procedure

  1. Open Content Manager Explorer.
  2. Open a Publication and expand the Categories and Keywords node.
  3. Select a Keyword in the Navigation Pane or List View.
  4. Open the Ribbon toolbar Organize tab and click Unclassify.
    The confirmation window opens.
  5. Click OK to confirm you want to unclassify the selected items.

Results

Each Keyword field in an item selected for classification is evaluated individually:
  • The action fails if a Keyword field is mandatory field, in which case an error message is displayed providing details.
  • When the action succeeds (the Keyword field is optional):
    • the Keyword or Keywords are removed from the Component fields or Metadata fields of the selected items
    • a new version of the item is created
    • if the item is associated with a Workflow Process, the item goes into Workflow

What to do next

After you have unclassified content, you need to republish the items to synchronize the changes with Content Porter.