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A HCMS allows to define data structures and relations between datasets without any coding efforts. HCMS provide interfaces for creating, editing and maintaining datasets as well ass assets (files) and managing different permissions of the HCMS. Different to a classical CMS, like e.g. WordPress, a HCMS aims at being flexibly adaptable to many different purposes and even quite complex processes.
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In Contentstack, a reference is a relation from one entry (dataset) to another in Contentstack. Even if two entries are referenced, both are independent in regards to editing, versioning etc.
Example: A simple webpage needs at least an entry of the type “Web Page” and one of the type “Content Block”.
Please also see check the descriptions in the Glossary.
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If you reference an entry in another entry, the referenced entry itself stays independent. This means, all options can and must be used independently.
Contentstack allows you in a reference field to either (a) “Create a new entry” or to (b) “Choose an existing” entryexisting entry”.
(a) “Create a new entry”
If you click this option, Contentstack forwards you to the related Content Type’s form to create and store your desired piece of content. Once you store the new entry, it will be automatically related (= referenced) to the entry where you are coming from.
(b) “Choose an existing entry” If you click this option, Contentstack provides you with a selection of possible Content Types and Entries to select. Once you selected an entry, the reference will be created between the selected entry and the entry where you are coming from.
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