Combining fields from different channels- can I do it and not lose data?
How Do I?
I have two channels with hundreds of entries.
Something like: Channel-1 (1000 Entries) Channel-2 (1000 Entries)
… both channels have each a separate field-group associated with X different fields in it.
Something like: Field-Group-of-Channel-1 (with fields no. 01 to 50) Field-Group-of-Channel-2 (with fields no. 51 to 100)
I now create a New-Field-Group-for-Both-Channels containing ALL the fields from both groups above in this one new field-group (= fields 01 to 100).
Is it possible to now simply go to the settings of Channel-1 and * unselect :checkbox-empty: Field-Group-of-Channel-1 and * select :checkbox-checked: New-Field-Group-for-Both-Channels, *save
and do the same in the settings of Channel-2 (→ unselect :checkbox-empty: Field-Group-of-Channel-2, select :checkbox-checked: New-Field-Group…) … all without loosing any data in the channels/entries? (since the populated fields themselfs are still the same)
And, actually, the same question → but if you select fields individually instead of with a field-group via the Field-Tab in the Channel-Settings?
The consensus in Slack was ‘yes’ either should work- but 100% backup your database first! And also, let us know if it works!
We now have confirmation, it does indeed work, either via making a new field group that combines all of the fields or selecting the individual fields. No data are lost, and all fields are now available in both channels!
Thank for your writting