Consequences of redeploying modified document types

You must be aware of the consequences when you modify and redeploy a document type. This section describes different scenarios and what the consequences are.

When deployment is not allowed

In the following situations, a document type cannot be redeployed unless data is updated in the repositories by a user with special privileges:

•	When the metadata type is changed.

•	When metadata is removed:

–	Metadata deleted (removed from metadata group).

–	Metadata groups removed from a document type.

–	Metadata group deleted (removed from the resource set).

•	When metadata is disabled in a context.

In this section

•	Renaming metadata groups (redeploy)

•	Adding new metadata (redeploy)

•	Renaming metadata (redeploy)

•	Renaming document type resources (redeploy)

•	Adding metadata groups (redeploy)

•	Changing metadata values (redeploy)

•	Enabling metadata in a context (redeploy)

•	Enabling metadata in a context (redeploy)

•	Deleting document type resources (redeploy)

•	Changes that require database manipulation