Bulk Editing Records in ECS

This page summarizes which records can be edited with Bulk Edit in a consortial environment, depending on whether the user is affiliated with the central tenant or a member tenant. It documents supported actions for shared and local instances, holdings, items, and user records, and clarifies that cross‑tenant editing of member‑tenant records is not supported.

Central tenant

User Affiliation and Authorization	Supported Bulk Edit Functionality

User Affiliation and Authorization	Supported Bulk Edit Functionality
Central tenant	Shared instances User records in Central tenant
Central tenant + Member tenant	Shared instances Holdings and items belonging to Member tenant

Not supported functionality:

Local instances in member tenants - requires switching affiliation
User records in member tenants - requires switching affiliation
Changing holdings/item locations from one tenant affiliation to another

Member tenant

User Affiliation and Authorization	Supported Bulk Edit Functionality

User Affiliation and Authorization	Supported Bulk Edit Functionality
One member tenant only	Local instances Holdings and items associated with active affiliation User records in active affiliation

Cross-tenant editing is not supported for any record type in member tenants, regardless of whether a user is affiliated with multiple members.