# Preservation area editing

Preservation area editing can be accessed from the preservation areas main screen or from a preservation area detail.

Preservation area editing lets us modify name, status (active / inactive) and select the active preservation plan (with which the ingestion jobs will be processed after the modification) from those assigned to the area.

We must keep in mind that the system will not allow the modification of the status of the preservation area, whenever there are jobs in progress or pending being processed.

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**Note**: we must take into account that changing the active preservation plan in a preservation area will not affect either objects already preserved or ingestion processes in progress (which includes those already created, but not started).
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**Note**: it is not convenient to change preservation plans in an area as the normal way to admit different types of objects. The intent behind the ability to change preservation plans within an area comes from the idea that with the passing of time the composition of a type of objects may vary, be it due to format evolution, to more rigorous digitization processes or to changes in the definition of an object (for example, of objects of administrative document type).
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