How to cut and paste multiple relationships in Mavim

Target audience

Mavim users who need to reassign multiple relationships from one topic to another quickly.

Core purpose/goal

To explain how to select, cut, and paste multiple relationships in the Relationships screen to move them between topics.

Why use this feature?

Cutting and pasting relationships is useful when:

• You need to reassign activities or resources from one person, location, or process to another.
• You want to avoid deleting and recreating relationships manually.

Example: Move two activities linked to Person A and link them to Person B in just a few steps.

Steps to cut and paste multiple relationships

1. Open the Relationships screen

   • Navigate to the topic that currently holds the relationships you want to move.

2. Select multiple relationships

   • Hold CTRL or SHIFT to select more than one relationship.

3. Cut the relationships

   • Right-click the selected relationships and choose Cut.

4. Navigate to the destination topic

   • In the Topics screen, select the topic you want to link the relationships to.

5. Paste the relationships

   • Open the Relationships screen for the destination topic.
   • Right-click and select Paste.

Important notes

• Cutting removes the relationships from the original topic and moves them to the new one.
• You can only cut and paste relationships within the same relationship category.
• Verify the new relationships after pasting to ensure accuracy.