Chapter 12:
Metadata Editor
General overview of the metadata editor
The metadata editor can be launched from a number of locations on the administration interface. You will find, however, that only the features related to the specific feature being modified are available to make it easy to get an overview of the editor.
When a channel has been created, metadata properties can be modified on the Metadata settings page. If this feature is not enabled, you may enable it by right-clicking the channel and choosing Enable Features | Metadata. On the General tab of this settings page you may click the General Metadata Macro button to open the metadata editor.
When first opened, the metadata editor is empty – that is, no content has yet been defined. The editor works in such a way that you select a field to modify by clicking on the Add Field button, then the action that should be performed, the content that should be added to the field and finally any conditions that must be met in order for the editing to be carried out.
To illustrate, let’ s say that you wish to add a copyright string to all images processed in a channel, but only if no copyright string yet exists in the Copyright field(# 116). To do so, choose field # 116 in the Field to add drop-down box. Choose the desired action in the next box, in this case Replace previous content. In the Field content field, enter a copyright string, and optionally add any metadata field code by clicking the Insert Code button. Finally, since you only wish to add the copyright string to images that aren’ t already tagged with a copyright notice, tick Only if the following condition is met, then choose Field # 116 Is Empty.
Searching for input files in Index Manager 1
Where: Channel | Input Options | Index Manager Input tab
When searching an Index manager archive for input files, normally you wish to avoid processing the same files several times. Hence, you may configure Color Factory using the metadata editor to add a certain string to a metadata field within the files in the archive that have been processed. To do so, click the Metadata Macro button to open the metadata editor, then click Add Field to begin adding criteria. Typically, you now wish to add information that the file has been processed, or you may want to alter the contents of a certain field.
To illustrate, let’ s say that all unprocessed files in the archive have been tagged“ unpublished” in the Edit status field( metadata field # 007).( Quotation marks should be omitted.) After processing, you wish to change the status to“ published” and insert the date of publishing.
First, choose Field # 007 – Edit Status in the Field to Add drop-down list. Then choose the desired action, in this case to replace the previous field content. Enter the new field content in the edit window, for instance“ Published” and click insert Code and choose %% INSDATE in the list to insert the date of processing the image. Typically, this would be sufficient to tag processed files with the necessary information. However, you may also choose a criterion that must be met for the desired action to happen. To specify a condition, click the corresponding check-box and choose for instance # 007 – Edit Status contains“ unpublished”.
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Also see chapter: Using Index Manager search result as input files
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