Moving items to another subject from the Item Search screen

IMPORTANT: You must have the Move Items permission to move items to a different subject from the Item Search screen. For more information, read About roles and permissions.

You can move items from one subject to another in the Item Search screen.

This article explains how to move items to a different subject from the Item Search screen.

In this article

1. Search for your items

Search for your items in the Item Search screen. For more information, read Searching for items with Item Search.

2. Choose your items

IMPORTANT: You can only move items from one subject at a time.

Select the items you want to move to another subject.

Select the checkbox in the header row to open the Select All Options menu. You can select all items on the current page (Select all items on this page) or select all items across all pages (Select all items across all pages).

3. Move your items

Select Move to move your items to another subject.

4. Select a subject

Select which subject you want to move your items to.

5. Select a folder

Select which folder you want to move your items to.

If you select Create New Folder (selected by default), you can enter a Folder Name. New folders not given a name are named ‘Items moved from [subject name]’.

If moving items within the current subject, you can select Recycle Bin to move items to the subject’s recycle bin instead.

6. Enter a comment

Explain why you are moving the item(s) in the Comment field. This information is available in item history.

Select Continue to proceed to the next step of the wizard.

7. Validate your items

The validation summary displays how many items are available or unavailable to be moved to another subject.

If some items cannot be moved, select More Details to see which items cannot be moved and the reasons why.

Select Continue to proceed to the next step of the wizard.

8. Select tags

If any of the items you are moving to another subject have tags, you can select which tag categories and tag groups can be moved to the new subject. You can choose whether new tags are created If the selected tag categories and tag groups do not exist in the new subject.

NOTE: Tag hierarchies and their values cannot be moved.

Select Continue to proceed to the next step of the wizard.

9. Complete the wizard

IMPORTANT: Any items moved to a new subject will be added to that subject’s master list. For more information on subject master lists, read Creating a subject in Setup.
NOTE: It may take a some time for your items to be moved to another subject. You should not refresh your screen during this time.

You can see a summary of the items you are about to move.

Select Move to move your items. Select Cancel to exit the wizard process without moving any items, or select Back to return to a previous step in the process.