Applying the Changes to the Database

Changes you make to records in the CDS, whether individual record changes or group updates, are reflected only in the CDS until you explicitly apply the changes to the database.

To apply changes to the database, save the CDS and click the Apply button. The system applies changes to records with a status of CH and VS; in the case of RDCI Soft Deletes only, it also applies changes to (soft-deletes) all records with a status of UN (see Soft-Deleting RDCIs).

The system displays a message when it completes applying the changes. Close the message box and review the Status field for each record:

• AS. The specified change(s) have been successfully applied to the real record in the database.
• AF. Because at least one of the record's specified change(s) would result in invalid data, none of the changes specified for the record were applied. A message is displayed in the Validation Comment field explaining the reason for the failure.

The system gives the wrong error message when you try to apply locked data or data for frozen patients; see the note in Testing that the Changes Are Valid.

If you successfully apply changes to all records, the system then changes the mass change record's status to Complete, which prevents any more changes from this MCS.