Part of Authoring FHIR terminology resources
Modify an existing FHIR resource
You can modify a FHIR Resource that has been uploaded to the Terminology Server.
Summary
You can modify a FHIR Resource that has been uploaded to the Terminology Server.
Before you start
If you upload a modified FHIR resource this will replace the resources that other users access.
If you are making more substantial changes like removing codes from a CodeSystem you may want to create a new version of the FHIR Resource with the modifications . So the original resource can be still used while consumers of the resource can review the new version of the FHIR Resource before it replaces the existing resource.
If your FHIR resource has been syndicated, we recommend you create a new version rather than updating the existing version. As the syndicated version in use will then be different to the updated version on the Terminology Server.
If you want to check if a Resource has been uploaded to the Terminology Server, you can search for it in Terminology Server. If you don't already have the resource locally, the + button will be enabled and you can press it to obtain a local copy to modify
How to create a new copy of a resource while preserving the existing resource.
1. Click on the upload to FHIR server tab and then click on the code system ID field.
2. Remove the code system ID so that the field is now blank.
3. Ideally your original resource will have a version field filled out and you would increment the (business) version number in a new version number. To update the version number, open the newly imported resource. It should appear at the bottom of the list under its resource category. Open the resource and update the version field
4. Make your modifications to the resource.
5. Upload the modified resource to the Terminology Server to make both versions available on the authoring server. Click the Upload to FHIR Server tab and then the upload button.
Now you can see there are two versions of the resource on the server.
Last edited: 9 March 2021 1:30 pm