# Convert Family Parameter to Existing Shared Parameter **URL:** \ **Category:** Revit\ **Tags:** orchid\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/convert-family-parameter-to-existing-shared-parameter/48075 "2020-03-13T18:41:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![GavinNicholls](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/gavinnicholls/32/190442_2.png) [@GavinNicholls](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/GavinNicholls)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/convert-family-parameter-to-existing-shared-parameter/48075/12 "2023-02-28T15:35:35Z")
Reminder/note to self to look into this tomorrow. Generally these nodes should be working for single family documents. I uploaded a script for bulk processing here also if it helps in the meantime (but for shared \> shared): > [@Adjusting Python node for multiple families as input (sublists)](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adjusting-python-node-for-multiple-families-as-input-sublists/82026/3): > > Generally to solve situations like this I turn to Python vs using my custom nodes, many of them are designed to work across one document currently. This seems to work for replacing shared parameters with others in multiple families. The new parameters cannot be in the document as well or it will fail (I haven’t added all the try/except safeguards), and they must exist by name in the active shared parameter file. I do not have time to customize it to fringe cases for people, but hopefully it’s … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/convert-family-parameter-to-existing-shared-parameter/48075)._