diff --git a/src/caosdb/exceptions.py b/src/caosdb/exceptions.py
index 9406765e2ab2458088549a4a966da4dd58a0f199..61f016e36a633837b4e98aaf9b49368b4efb7bd8 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/exceptions.py
@@ -209,105 +209,24 @@ class TransactionError(CaosDBException):
             return self
         elif isinstance(error, EntityError):
             self.errors.append(error)
-            self.entities.append(error.get_entity())
+            self.entities.append(error.entity)
 
             self.all_errors.add(error)
-            self.all_errors.update(error.get_all_errors())
-            self.all_entities.add(error.get_entity())
-            self.all_entities.update(error.get_all_entities())
+            self.all_errors.update(error.all_errors)
+            self.all_entities.add(error.entity)
+            self.all_entities.update(error.all_entities)
 
             return self
         else:
             raise TypeError(
                 "Argument is to be an EntityError or a list of EntityErrors.")
 
-    def get_errors(self):
-        """Return a list of all direct children of this error."""
-
-        return self.errors
-
-    def get_all_errors(self):
-        """Return a set of all direct and inidrect children of this error."""
-
-        return self.all_errors
-
-    def get_entities(self):
-        """Return a list of all entities causing direct child errors."""
-
-        return self.entities
-
-    def get_all_entities(self):
-        """Return a set of all entities causing direct and indirect child
-        errors.
-
-        """
-
-        return self.all_entities
-
-    def get_container(self):
-        """Return the Container object that contained the problematic
-        entities.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        Container
-            Either the container that caused this error (which
-            contains at least one faulty entity) or, if none was given
-            during construction, a new container containing
-            self.entities instead.
-
-        """
-
-        if self.container is not None:
-            return self.container
-        from caosdb.common.models import Container
-        return Container().extend(self.entities)
-
-    def get_error(self):
-        """If this Transaction error was caused by exactly one EntityError,
-        return this error. Raise an AmbiguityException otherwise.
-
-        """
-
-        if len(self.errors) == 1:
-            return self.errors[0].get_error()
-        else:
-            raise AmbiguityException(
-                "This TransactionError was caused by more than one EntityError."
-            )
-
-    def get_entity(self):
-        """If this TransactionError was caused by exactly one EntityError,
-        return the entity causing that error. Raise and
-        AmbiguityException otherwise.
-
-        """
-
-        if len(self.entities) == 1:
-            return self.entities[0]
-        else:
-            raise AmbiguityException(
-                "This TransActionError was caused by more than one EntityError."
-            )
-
-    def get_code(self):
-        """In the special case of a container with at least one error message
-        with an integer code, return that code. Return None
-        otherwise.
-
-        """
-
-        if self.container is not None and self.container.get_errors() is not None:
-            for err in self.container.get_errors():
-                if err.code is not None:
-                    return err.code
-        return None
-
+    
     def _repr_reasons(self, indent):
-        if self.get_errors() is not None and len(self.get_errors()) > 0:
+        if self.errors is not None and len(self.errors) > 0:
             ret = "\n" + indent + "    +--| REASONS |--"
 
-            for err in self.get_errors():
+            for err in self.errors:
                 ret += '\n' + indent + '    |  -> ' + \
                     err.__str__(indent=indent + '    |')
             ret += "\n" + indent + "    +----------------"
@@ -354,25 +273,11 @@ class EntityError(TransactionError):
         else:
             self.msg = str(error)
 
-    def get_entity(self):
-        """Return the entity causing this error."""
-
-        return self.entity
-
-    def get_error(self):
-        """Return this error message as attached by the server."""
-
-        return self.error
-
     @property
     def description(self):
         """The description of the error."""
         return self.error.description if self.error is not None else None
 
-    def get_code(self):
-        """The code of the error."""
-        return self.error.code if self.error is not None else None
-
     def _repr_head(self, indent):
         if hasattr(self, 'entity') and self.entity is not None:
             return (str(type(self.entity).__name__).upper() + " (id: " +
@@ -388,17 +293,17 @@ class UniqueNamesError(EntityError):
 
 
 class UnqualifiedParentsError(EntityError):
-    """This entity has unqualified parents (call 'get_errors()' for a list
-    of errors of the parent entities or 'get_entities()' for a list of
-    parent entities with errors).
+    """This entity has unqualified parents (see 'errors' attribute for a
+    list of errors of the parent entities or 'entities' attribute for
+    a list of parent entities with errors).
 
     """
 
 
 class UnqualifiedPropertiesError(EntityError):
-    """This entity has unqualified properties (call 'get_errors()' for a
-    list of errors of the properties or 'get_entities()' for a list of
-    properties with errors).
+    """This entity has unqualified properties (see 'errors' attribute for
+    a list of errors of the properties or 'entities' attribute for a
+    list of properties with errors).
 
     """