Metadata functionality is available in FileCloud 18.1 and later.
Built-In metadata sets for Images and Document Life Cycles are available in FileCloud 19.1 and later.
A built-In metadata set for Microsoft Office Tag Metadata is available in FileCloud 20.1 and later.
data that provides additional information about files and folders available in FileCloud using Metadata.
Administrators can manageFileCloud defines two levels of metadata definition:
- Attribute - defines a single piece of information that user can specify for file or folder.
- Metadata set - a group of related attributes with additional properties and settings. It works as a container for attributes.
Metadata Set Types
FileCloud supports the following types of Metadata Sets:
TYPE | DESCRIPTION | SETS AVAILABLE |
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Default | This a special type of metadata set that is automatically associated with every single File Object when it is created, copied, uploaded, etc.
| Defaults |
Built-In | These are metadata sets that have been created for you.
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Custom Metatdata Set | This is a fully customizable set of metadata, defined by the administrator. | As many as you want to create |
Starting with FileCloud Version 20.1, by default, FileCloud files and folders stored on S3 and Azure cannot be downloaded for extraction if they are over 100MB. You may change the default size permitted for download using the procedure under Allowed Memory Size Exhausted on the Troubleshooting Metadata page.
In this section
- Create a New Metadata Set
- Edit an Existing Metadata Set
- Managing Metadata Attributes
- Managing Metadata Permissions
- Video of Managing Metadata
- Working with Built-In Metadata
- Working with Custom Metadata
- Working with Default Metadata
- Troubleshooting Metadata
- Finding files without metadata