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[Resolved] Ancestors argument error

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Last updated by bonnieB 4 years, 10 months ago.

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#1552777

A view that never had a problem before just started showing this error: "The ancestors argument does not end with a valid post that is related for the returned post types on this View."

I think it's from when I changed the name of a post type -- but I'm not sure what should be used here instead.

I tried changing it to the new name and got "The ancestor_type argument refers to a post type that is not included in the relationship tree." instead.

How do I figure out what to put in this line here?
[wpv-control-post-ancestor type="select" default_label="Select a school here." ancestor_type="colleges"]

Instead of "colleges" -- the new post type has a slug of "member-schools" but that didn't work.

(It's a complex site that was designed a while ago -- I can't do a major update to migrate to the new relationships at this time if that's what's involved, so direction on how to fix this legacy setup would be appreciated.)

#1552819

My issue is resolved now. Thank you! (I went into Edit Filter for the View and was able to choose the appropriate Post Relationship from the dropdown.)