Edit General Settings

To edit the type, affiliation, name, or alias settings of your dataverse:

1. Log in and navigate to your dataverse homepage.
2. Click My Options, scroll to Dataverse Settings and click Edit General Settings.
   You see the Edit Dataverse General Settings page.
3. You can change the type of your dataverse if you choose.
   Note: If you change the type of a dataverse, you remove that dataverse from any group to which you added it. A Scholar dataverse always appears in the Scholar Dataverses group on the Network homepage, while a Basic dataverse without a group assignment appears in the Other group.
4. If you edit a Scholar dataverse type, you can edit any of the following:
   • First Name - Edit your first name, which appears with your last name on the Network homepage in the Scholar Dataverse group.
   • Last Name - Edit your last name, which appears with your first name on the Network homepage in the Scholar Dataverse group.
   • Affiliation - Edit your insitutional identity.
   • Dataverse Name - Edit the title for your dataverse, which appears on your dataverse homepage.
     There are no naming restrictions.
   • Dataverse Alias - Edit your dataverse's URL.
     Special characters (~,`, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, and *) and spaces are not allowed.

   If you edit a Basic dataverse type, you can edit any of the following:

   • Affiliation - Edit your institutional identity.
   • Dataverse Name - Edit the title for your dataverse, which appears on your dataverse homepage.
     There are no naming restrictions.
   • Dataverse Alias - Edit your dataverse's URL.
     Special characters (~,`, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, and *) and spaces are not allowed.
5. Click Save to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.