Entity conversion from one type to another is already implemented and works really well. The default behaviour is to create a new entity of the new type and copy content fields of the same name and type from the existing entity to the new entity. However, one of the things that does not transfer ov…

[image] Mikkling: I tend to do a lot of converting-to-type-then-deleting as i test, tweak, and scrap Spaces and Entities all the time, and it would be nice if references could be transferred. now it works [image] March 5, 2026 / see_no_evil_monkey Hide Entity Views wi…

Hi! That’s the real problem, we face as well Noted your feedback, have the feature-solution in our backlog :sparkling_heart: Will be back, once it’s done Btw, if anyone else is struggling here too - please, leave your comments here, so we could better understand how the popular (painful) the pro…

I tend to do a lot of converting-to-type-then-deleting as i test, tweak, and scrap Spaces and Entities all the time, and it would be nice if references could be transferred.

We need to convert the same entity to a different entity type a lot, and never actually need to copying into another entity type that now happens. I assume the copying of content into a new entity of another type, as happens now, may be a security measure to prevent loss of data or relations, but I…

I would like to add a hearty vote for this feature as well. I also took the liberty to edit the title of this with the addition of “preserve references” hopefully that is OK @cannibalflea My team has been in Fibery a while, since late 2019, and we have a lot of db hierarchy structures that are evo…

Just adding a link here for anyone who didn’t find this related topic: [image] Cloning an entity and re-mapping where it is mentioned Fibery Showcase Sometimes, you might want to convert an entity of one type into an entity of another type. Fibery does have native support…

Yes I’ve seen that. I am hoping we can get this natively, it’s a lot of work for a non-coder to try to apply your solution. I guess you could even talk about this functionality as simply “moving” an entity from one db to another. It’s a common feature of a lot of similar tools like Fibery. The e…

Im running into a similar issue. It would be great if the convertor can automatically detect same-database relationships in the old and new database, and re-link / transfer entity relationships that way.

[image] Wilco_Boode: It would be great if the convertor can automatically detect same-database relationships in the old and new database, and re-link / transfer entity relationships that way. Are you talking about relations or references (which I think is the original topic of this thread)

Ah, I was talking about relations

For relations to the same type, with the same name and cardinality, the links should be maintained during conversion.

Convert & Delete/Replace Entity preserving references

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Just adding a link here for anyone who didn’t find this related topic:

Topic		Replies	Views
[DONE] Replace All References (or convert to type?) Ideas & Features	19	2017	March 5, 2026
[DONE] Convert entities of one Type to another Type Ideas & Features	10	2208	April 18, 2021
[DONE] Convert Entity to another Type Ideas & Features	15	3775	September 1, 2023
Add optional 'link to entity' to the convert function Ideas & Features	5	212	June 16, 2023
Cloning an entity and re-mapping where it is mentioned Fibery Showcase references	0	115	September 2, 2024

Convert & Delete/Replace Entity preserving references

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