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# Set Protection Level of Field of Listed Species OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### <ARB_NT/Species/Search&Query/More functions/Set Protection ...>
## DESCRIPTION
### Set the protection level of one field of listed species.
## EXAMPLES
### Disable editing of the full_name field of all entries which came from GENBANK/EMBL: Search for species with an accession number: Press <ARB_NT/Species/Search> Select: Search Species that match the query Search Field: 'acc' Search String: '*' Press 'SEARCH' - Press <Do_On_Listed/ Set Protection ..> Select 'full_name' Select '6' Press 'PROTECT'
## WARNINGS
### see BUGS
## BUGS
### You can only change the protection level of existing entries. New entries will automatically get the p. level 0.