# Database management -\> Entry modification

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Created:** [January 10, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790 "2023-01-10T09:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![HSinger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/hsinger/32/4059_2.png) [@HSinger](https://community.fibery.io/u/HSinger)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790/1 "2023-01-10T09:17:16Z")

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Hi,

Changing the description of one of the fields in a database updates the modification date for all entries.

Should database management actions contribute to entry modification?

This is particularly frustrating because we have a newsfeed that filters for entries that have been modified in the last week. When we modify field descriptions… the feed gets inundated!

Thanks,

Harry

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790/2 "2023-01-10T12:12:05Z")

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Hi Harry,  
We couldn’t reproduce - can you provide some details: field name, field type, entity(ies) affected…  
Maybe a screenshot of the activity log of an affected item

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**Author:** ![HSinger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/hsinger/32/4059_2.png) [@HSinger](https://community.fibery.io/u/HSinger)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790/3 "2023-01-10T12:42:47Z")

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Sure.

 ![Screenshot 2023-01-10 at 12.34.13](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/b/bb333a86cf666d250c951f4c2c790ff0f8da3cae.jpeg)

Database: People  
Field name: Description  
Field type: rich text  
Entities affected: all

I’ve since found out that in addition to changing the description of a field, a new rich-text field was added to the database. Would this have triggered a modification date update?

Thanks,

Harry

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790/4 "2023-01-10T14:54:37Z")

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> [@HSinger](#):
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> a new rich-text field was added to the database. Would this have triggered a modification date update?

Yeah, this is probably it

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**Author:** ![HSinger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/hsinger/32/4059_2.png) [@HSinger](https://community.fibery.io/u/HSinger)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790/5 "2023-01-10T15:32:58Z")

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Should this contribute to entry modification? Please can I put in a request that it doesn’t!?

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/database-management-entry-modification/3790/6 "2023-01-10T15:48:24Z")

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Noted  
(and I probably agree 🙂 )