I have added and updated fields in a collection, but it doesn’t apply to previously entered collections. Is there a way to update the previously entered collection to have the new field?

Because the collection entry is being stored as a JSON object, an empty field is not created on previous entries as you would expect if the data was stored in a relational database. If you update a previous entry, even if you make no changes to the entry, it will insert that new field name into the…

@tophermurphy @pixelkarma See my answer in this thread: [image] Remove Collection Field data from Entry when Field is deleted? Support It’s not a bug - it’s a feature, but I see the problem. Keeping only active fields is probably a bad idea, because there are a lot of h…

Well, perhaps this feature should have a toggle switch, in the config, to automatically remove the data when a field is removed. I’m trying to think of an situation where a developer would want data from a deleted field to show in the API. Especially if that field was once protected by permissions—…

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raffaelj January 6, 2021, 2:24pm 3

@tophermurphy @pixelkarma See my answer in this thread:

Topic		Replies	Views
Collection not updated Support	3	827	January 28, 2021
Unique id for collection fields to keep track of renamed or deleted fields General	0	876	September 28, 2018
Remove Collection Field data from Entry when Field is deleted? Support	2	808	January 9, 2021
Updating model after some data insertion does not fetch extra fields Support	0	254	September 1, 2022
API Returns fields that have been removed from collection Support	5	1927	June 12, 2019

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