Entities in Author Online

An entity is a variable that allows users to enter a set of related data in a questionnaire, which can be reused later within the same questionnaire.

How conversion works for Entity variables in Author Online

When Entity variables are converted from character-based markup to content control markup, they are automatically detected and displayed with an Entity icon. These entity variables preserve their original entity type and attributes from the source template to ensure consistency after conversion.
Once a template is converted, the field's Variable type and Variable name are read‑only and cannot be changed. You can still update the
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