Adding Metadata when Uploading

You can easily add metadata whilst uploading.

Roles

These are the roles that are needed:

• asset
• search
• metadata
• upload

To Add Metadata While Uploading:

1. Go to the upload page and add files as normal or start an upload anywhere the uploader widget   is shown
2. Before you click UPLOAD right click on the name of the file that you are uploading or click on it to open the menu
3. Select Set Metadata
4. Select which Metadata View you want.
5. Fill in the fields you wish to add; remember that some fields are mandatory.
6. Click UPDATE
7. Do the upload as per normal.

Adding Metadata to multiple files

You can add the same metadata to multiple files at the same time.

1. Add your files as per normal to the uploader or into the uploader widget.
2. In the list, you can select each file by clicking on the row
3. Clicking then holding shift while clicking another file in the list will select continuous files
4. Holding CTRL on Windows or Command on MacOS when selecting files will select multiple at once.
5. On any of the files, open the menu above
6. Follow the instructions above to set metadata on one file.

Learn more

• Asset Metadata