When creating a taxonomy via import, or updating one view via re-import, the “id” column is required. In addition, it must be unique for every row.
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If you uploaded this taxonomy and used it to tag content…
id | value |
|---|---|
1 | Untied States |
3 | Candana |
Then you fixed the spelling to create this new version:
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… because the ID of the first tag is the same, any content that was tagged with “Untied States” will now be fixed to show “United States”. But because the ID of the second tag has been changed, all instances of the “Candana“ tag will be deleted.
Second, the IDs can be used to keep your taxonomy in sync with an external system.
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