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Why: Streamline your content management by applying bulk actions like tagging, categorizing, and replacing ingredients across multiple items. This saves time and ensures consistency in your app.
Navigate: App Station > Content Library > [select items]
Quick Start
Go to the Content Library in your App Station.
Select multiple content items using checkboxes or shift-click.
Click on the Actions dropdown in the bulk actions toolbar.
Choose your desired action (e.g., Add Tags, Replace Ingredient).
Follow the prompts to complete the action.
Detailed Sections
Overview of Bulk Editing
The bulk editing feature allows you to manage various content types—such as recipes, meal plans, and blog posts—efficiently. You can perform actions like:
Publishing or unpublishing content
Setting visibility for members or the public
Adding or removing tags and categories
Replacing ingredients in recipes
Deleting content items
Tags vs. Collections
When managing content, it's essential to understand the difference between tags and collections:
Tags are used for filtering content based on attributes (e.g., "Vegetarian", "Quick").
Collections are curated groupings of content that share a theme (e.g., "Summer Recipes").
For more details, check out Tags vs Collections: When to Use Each.
Replacing Ingredients Across Recipes
When all selected items are recipes, you can replace ingredients in bulk. Here's how it works:
Open the Actions menu and select Replace Ingredient.
A modal will appear with two fields:
Source Ingredient: The ingredient you want to replace.
Target Ingredient: The ingredient you want to use as a replacement.
Once you confirm the replacement, the system updates all recipe lines referencing the source ingredient. This action also recalculates nutrition data and updates shopping lists accordingly.
Prefilling the Source Ingredient
The source ingredient field in the modal can be prefilled if you have filtered recipes by selecting a specific ingredient from the Recipe Filter's autocomplete dropdown. This ensures the correct ingredient is chosen.
However, if you use free-text searches or keyword chips, the source ingredient will not be prefilled. This is to avoid confusion when multiple ingredients share the same name. If no recipes are updated after a bulk replace, the modal will remain open, and an alert will inform you that the source ingredient was not found in the selected recipes. In this case, you should open one of the recipes and select the ingredient directly from its lines.
Advanced Filtering
To make bulk editing easier, you can filter your content by various criteria, including:
Ingredient types
Tags
Visibility status
Content type
Use the Recipe Filters button to access advanced filtering options, allowing you to find specific recipes quickly.
Common Actions in Bulk Editing
Here are some common actions you can perform using the bulk editing feature:
Add Tags: Select multiple items and choose to add tags that describe the content.
Remove Tags: Similarly, you can remove tags from selected items.
Set Visibility: Change the visibility of multiple items to public or members-only.
Assign Users: Grant access to multiple users for specific content.
Important Notes
Admins can always access all content, regardless of access level settings.
Content must be published to be visible to members.
Direct content grants override all other access restrictions.