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‘Primarity’ indicates the quality of an entry or a preference for one entry over possible duplicates. Primary entries are designated by an icon next to the entry number at the language-independent level (LIL). Primary entries that contain terms corresponding to your search will appear first in the results list.
Marking an entry as primary can:
- help translators find the most reliable entry among duplicates;
- help terminologists identify which entry, among duplicates, should be updated or have new languages added to it; and
- designate the entry in question as the one to be updated and kept in consolidation projects.
It is usually terminology coordinators at the central level who mark entries as primary. This can be done in the following ways:
- When creating a new entry:
- select ‘Primary’ from the primarity drop-down menu.
- For existing entries, you can edit the primarity field by:
- double-clicking on it,
- right-clicking on the field and selecting ‘Set as primary’, or
- using the same option in the quick edit panel.
The use of the primarity icon should be consistent. The icon should only be used when minimum quality criteria are met (see the Consolidation page for more details).
 If the entry was set as primary by mistake, Administrators can correct the error by right-clicking on the icon next to the entry ID and selecting ‘Set as not primary’. |