Changes that require database manipulation The following changes cannot be applied to a document type unless a user with administrator privileges updates the repositories: • Change the data type of metadata. See Changing the data type of metadata (redeploy). • Remove metadata: – Metadata deleted (removed from metadata group). See Deleting metadata (redeploy). – Metadata groups removed from a document type. See Removing metadata groups (redeploy). – Metadata group deleted (removed from the resource set). See Deleting metadata groups (redeploy). • Disable metadata in a context. See Disabling metadata in a context (redeploy). Forcing updates into the runtime repository If any of the changes described above must be applied to a document type, then a user with administrator privileges can force the updates into the runtime repository. See Forcing updates into the runtime repository.