Editing a Provider

Like all records, Providers will need to be updated to reflect changes in the world they document. Contact people will come and go. Organizations will begin operating in new industries or areas of service. Names will change.

To Edit a Provider...

  1. Log in to your profile if you have not already done so.

  2. Click the Catalog tab to load the Catalog view.

  3. Click the Providers node in the left side navigation tree.

  4. Find the provider you wish to edit. In the central panel, Either...

    ...Click the My providers link to get a view of all providers published under your user account.

    OR

    ...Click the List all Providers link and browse for the Provider record you wish to edit.

    OR

    ...Click the Search providers link and search for the Provider record you wish to edit.

  5. When you find the Provider record you wish to edit, click the edit icon. This is the one with the pad and pencil in the last field.

  6. Step Through the Edit Provider Process

    Note: this is identical to the steps followed when the provider was created.

    1. Update the provider's Name, Description and Homepage URL as needed. When these edit boxes are ready, click the Next > button

    2. Add or remove contacts for your provider.

      To add a single contact

      1. Enter the contact's person name as required. Optionally set a Use type for this person, add a description and provide an email, and phone.

      2. When the contact's details are ready click the Add button. The new contact record will be added to the list at the top of the page.

      You can add as many contacts as you see fit.

      To remove a contact, locate the contact in the Contacts list and click the delete icon. This is the trash can in the last field of the record.

  7. Click the Finish button. A message will indicate that your provider has been republished. To view the Provider's details, click the link formed from the Provider name in this message.

Note on Provider Classification If you wish to add classifications to your Provider you will need to advanced-edit it under the UDDI Registry Console.