# \[DONE\] Convert Entity to another Type

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/done-convert-entity-to-another-type/528>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [January 23, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-convert-entity-to-another-type/528 "2020-01-23T17:45:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-convert-entity-to-another-type/528/13 "2022-10-01T06:22:22Z")

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This is “done” but not all valuable features are actually there for converting. For example this:

> [@Oshyan](#):
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> the “remap” functions are already there and well implemented (better than in many other apps!), but hardly get use, at least for me. Moving between types with a similar approach would make a lot of sense, I think.

But also this from another, seemingly identical or quite similar topic:

> [@\[DONE\] Convert entities of one Type to another Type](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-convert-entities-of-one-type-to-another-type/428/2):
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> preserve all possible fields and somehow **aggregate data from missing fields into text that will be attached to entity**.

Emphasis is mine. I have a new, related feature request for that, one possible way to implement it:

> [@For Field Mapping operations (CSV import, later type conversion) add formula field for concatenating data](https://community.fibery.io/t/for-field-mapping-operations-csv-import-later-type-conversion-add-formula-field-for-concatenating-data/3350):
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> I find myself using both CSV import and Entity Conversion to other Databases frequently at the moment. One thing I think would be really useful to have for both (at least when Entity Conversion gets [Field Mapping](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-convert-entities-of-one-type-to-another-type/428/2)), would be some form of temporary Formula-driven field type that you can create as part of the Field Mapping. This field should have access to the CSV Field names being imported and be able to operate on them just like native Field Types. You would specify a destination field type (text…

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