Contributor Role field

The Contributor Role records the role of the person who contributed content to an Object or Topic record.

Examples

• Contributor

• Previous Owner

• Researcher

• Author

• Reviewer

Field details

Field type

Authority field

Field locations

• Object - Acquisition, Provenance & Rights window - Provenance, Rights tab

• Topic file - Topic window - Administration tab

Internal field name

CONTRIBUTOR_ROLE

Searching on this field

Expand Person (all roles) then select Contributor in Advanced Search or use a Select Statement.

Reporting on this field

This is how to select this field in Reporting.

Object file

• Field (Across the page) reports: Select Contributor Role.

• Group (Down the page) reports: Expand Contribution (full details) then select Role.

Topic file

• Field (Across the page) reports: Select Contributor Role.

• Group (Down the page) reports: Expand Contributor Details then select Role/Type.

You can sort on this field. Select Contributor Role.