Batch Update - metadata (extended attributes)

Michael_Mc_OFI

Teamsite: Interwoven TeamSite 6.5.0 Service Pack 2
Metatagger: circa 2004

Batch updating metadata: Let's say I want to change the metadata for "Product" from "Car" to "Automobile". Right now, we use a perl script to loop through the filesystem and check each of the records for "product=Car". If we find it, we replace it with "product=Automobile" save, and move on. Then we submit the changes through opendeploy... and off to the races.

Well, not quite.

You see, doing such an intensive file system operation is really tough on poor ol' teamsite. Plus, if we have a lot of changes that occurred, say 200+, teamsite just seems unable to keep up with large of a submission.

My quandry: I want to be able to batch update metadata for large amounts of items without killing Teamsite/ Opendeploy. What are some strategies that you are using, and how effective are they? For this topic, I'm curious how your pushing the mass changes through teamsite. After I figure out some alternatives here, I can jump to the OpenDeploy forum for additional ideas.

Thanks in advance!

gzevin

Teamsite: Interwoven TeamSite 6.5.0 Service Pack 2 Metatagger: circa 2004 Batch updating metadata: Let's say I want to change the metadata for "Product" from "Car" to "Automobile". Right now, we use a perl script to loop through the filesystem and check each of the records for "product=Car". If we find it, we replace it with "product=Automobile" save, and move on. Then we submit the changes through opendeploy... and off to the races. Well, not quite. You see, doing such an intensive file system operation is really tough on poor ol' teamsite. Plus, if we have a lot of changes that occurred, say 200+, teamsite just seems unable to keep up with large of a submission. My quandry: I want to be able to batch update metadata for large amounts of items without killing Teamsite/ Opendeploy. What are some strategies that you are using, and how effective are they? For this topic, I'm curious how your pushing the mass changes through teamsite. After I figure out some alternatives here, I can jump to the OpenDeploy forum for additional ideas. Thanks in advance!

what stops you from running submits and deployment in chunks of, say, 25 files or so?

but yeah, this is an extensive opereation, and I am afraid I cannot say that there is a way to improve this. I toast the system almost every Friday, when we do a massive operation on TeamSite