---
title: changeType
description: The type of change made to the entry specified by the targetDN attribute of the changelog entry. One of:
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:schemaref:at-changeType
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/at-changeType.html
---

# changeType

The type of change made to the entry specified by the `targetDN` attribute of the changelog entry. One of:

* add

* delete

* modify

* modrdn

|                             |                                                                                              |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.7                                                                      |
| *Names*                     | changeType                                                                                   |
| *Description*               | the type of change made to an entry                                                          |
| *Syntax*                    | [DirectoryString](s-DirectoryString.html)                                                    |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [caseIgnoreMatch](mr-caseIgnoreMatch.html)                                                   |
| *Ordering matching rule*    | [caseIgnoreOrderingMatch](mr-caseIgnoreOrderingMatch.html)                                   |
| *Substring matching rule*   | [caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch](mr-caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.html)                               |
| *Single value*              | true                                                                                         |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                                                         |
| *Usage*                     | userApplications                                                                             |
| *Origin*                    | [draft-good-ldap-changelog](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-good-ldap-changelog) |
| *Schema file*               | 03-changelog.ldif                                                                            |
| *Used by*                   | [changeLogEntry](oc-changeLogEntry.html)                                                     |