tag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:/discussions/how-do-i/312-include-one-data-definition-in-another-data-definitionCascade CMS: Discussion 2011-11-09T16:28:18Ztag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/49836522011-01-27T18:16:29Z2011-01-27T18:16:30ZInclude one Data Definition in another Data Definition<div><p>Is it possible to include one Data Definition into another Data
Definition? It doesn't look like it is supported.</p></div>sashaztag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/49836522011-01-27T20:18:40Z2011-01-27T20:18:40ZInclude one Data Definition in another Data Definition<div><p>Hi,</p>
<p>It is not possible to include one Data Definition inside of
another Data Definition. Part of the reason for this is that both
Data Definitions could be using the same identifiers. I would
recommend copying the larger Data Definition (using the Copy tab)
and then adding the other fields you need to it in order to achieve
the same effect.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! Let me know if you have further questions.</p></div>Timtag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/49836522011-01-27T21:27:29Z2011-01-27T21:27:29ZInclude one Data Definition in another Data Definition<div><p>Depending on what you're trying to do, I would recommend
abstracting out your "repeated Data Definition" into a block and
possibly using a Block Chooser in both Data Definitions. That way
if you find you have the need to change the Data Definition, you're
only change a single Block Chooser than that something much
more.</p>
<p>With a little more information I could make a more clear
recommendation and explain that further.</p></div>Charlie Holdertag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/49836522011-03-07T15:27:36Z2011-03-07T15:27:36ZInclude one Data Definition in another Data Definition<div><p>I just saw this re-opened suggestion. Nice idea! Sounds like the
way to go, except that our contributor level users seem to have a
problem wrapping their heads around the concept of blocks. "If I
need to edit a page, why cant I just click on the page then click
'edit'"... anyway, thanks for this suggestion, I'll probably use
this info at some point in the future.</p></div>sashaztag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/49836522011-03-07T15:58:41Z2011-03-07T15:58:41ZInclude one Data Definition in another Data Definition<div><p>If the Blocks in question are organized into a certain folder
that only contain Blocks of that type, you could always grant a
certain Group of users write access to that folder alone. It would
kind of be a pain to go to two different places to update Page
content and Block content, but at least they would have the ability
to edit the Blocks.</p></div>Charlie Holdertag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/49836522011-03-07T16:11:13Z2011-03-07T16:11:13ZInclude one Data Definition in another Data Definition<div><p>We tried something similar, except it did not utilize the Block
chooser in the Data Definition. The Pages were simply comprised of
a Data Definition and one Block that was reused across many pages.
The Block was put into a special folder, and we followed the same
convention for organizing Blocks that were considered "content"
versus "internal". It's the same thing you described except that
there wasn't the option to assign different Blocks to a Page, but
this scenario proved to be too confusing for some folks! But It is
a powerful technique, especially combined with a Block chooser - I
wasn't aware of the latter possibility; thanks!</p></div>sashaztag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/49836522011-03-07T16:17:48Z2011-03-07T16:17:48ZInclude one Data Definition in another Data Definition<div><p>Always glad to help.</p></div>Charlie Holder