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Why: Streamline your content management by applying bulk actions like tagging, categorizing, and replacing ingredients across multiple recipes. 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 the checkbox next to each item.
Click on the Actions dropdown in the bulk actions toolbar.
Choose the desired bulk action (e.g., Add Tags, Replace Ingredient).
Follow the prompts to complete the action.
Overview of Bulk Editing
The bulk editing feature allows you to manage multiple content items efficiently. You can perform actions such as:
Publish or Unpublish content
Set Visibility for members or the public
Add or Remove Tags and Categories
Replace Ingredients in recipes
Delete content items
Selecting Content
You can select multiple items by clicking the checkbox next to each item. You can also use Shift-click to select a range of items. This makes it easy to manage large sets of content quickly.
Replacing Ingredients
When you select multiple recipes, the Actions menu includes an Ingredients group with a Replace Ingredient option. This opens a modal where you can specify:
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 across the selected recipes. Additionally, nutrition data and shopping lists are automatically recalculated.
Prefilling the Source Ingredient
The modal will prefill the source ingredient picker only if you have filtered recipes by selecting a specific ingredient from the Recipe Filter's autocomplete dropdown. This ensures the platform knows exactly which ingredient you meant.
If you use free-text searches, keyword chips like "All with shrimp," or filters loaded from a saved preset or shared URL, the source ingredient will not be prefilled. In these cases, you will need to select the ingredient manually from the modal's autocomplete. This is to avoid confusion when multiple ingredients share the same name.
If the bulk replace action finishes with zero recipes updated, the modal will remain open, and an alert will inform you that the source ingredient is not used in any of the selected recipes. You should then open one of the recipes and select the ingredient directly from its lines to ensure you choose the correct entry.
Detailed Steps for Bulk Editing
1. Accessing the Content Library
Navigate to the Content Library in your App Station.
2. Selecting Content Items
Click the checkbox next to each item you want to select.
Use Shift-click to select a range of items.
3. Performing Bulk Actions
Click on the Actions dropdown in the bulk actions toolbar.
Choose the action you want to perform (e.g., Add Tags, Replace Ingredient).
If replacing ingredients, follow these steps:
Select the Replace Ingredient option.
In the modal, choose the source ingredient from the autocomplete picker. If you filtered by a specific ingredient, it may be prefilled.
Choose the target ingredient.
Confirm the replacement.
4. Confirming Changes
After performing the action, check for any alerts or notifications. If any recipes were not updated, follow the prompts to correct the selection.