Answers.Body: <p>A financial batch once exported cannot be reopened through UI. But you can reopen/update a batch using a api. </p>
  
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  <p>If you want to change only title of the batch than i would recommend you to change the batch only title using api rather reopening the whole batch.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thank you for your help. I am quite new with CiviCRM and not very tech savvy so please could you tell me how I can get onto the CiviCRM API page?
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Answers.Text: Grace, Were you able to update the Batch?
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Body: <p>I have exported a batch but the date in the title is not correct, so I need to change the date on the name of the batch, however I cannot seem to re-open the batch. Please can you help.
  Thanks in advance, 
  Grace</p>
  
Tags: <database><batches>
Title: How to change the date on an exported batch
ThreadText: # How to change the date on an exported batch
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-02)
  
  I have exported a batch but the date in the title is not correct, so I need to change the date on the name of the batch, however I cannot seem to re-open the batch. Please can you help.
  Thanks in advance,
  Grace
  
  **Tags:** database, batches
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-03. Score: 2
  
  A financial batch once exported cannot be reopened through UI. But you can reopen/update a batch using a api.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/odzdN.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/odzdN.png)
  
  If you want to change only title of the batch than i would recommend you to change the batch only title using api rather reopening the whole batch.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KKzOq.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KKzOq.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thank you for your help. I am quite new with CiviCRM and not very tech savvy so please could you tell me how I can get onto the CiviCRM API page?  
  > **username_1**: You can navigate to Support >> Developer >> Api Explorer.  
  > **username_1**: Grace, Were you able to update the Batch?  
  
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