Setting MetaData

System

Hi,

I want to set the MetaData based on the file type. For instance no one should be able to set the MetaData for Image files. The user should be able to set the MetaData on HTML, JSP files only.

I have a Custom Workflow (which attaches the Images attached to the HTML file) which captures metadata and submits and then uses DataDeploy to deploy the MetaData to the DataBase. When I invoke the workflow the to Submit the files to STAGING along with setting MetaData to the file it asks to enter the metadata for those attached Images as well.

How can I come over this ? any help is highly appreciated.

Shahid

Migrateduser

Hi Shahid. Unfortunately, as far as I know, there is currently no way to exclude certain types of files from being presented for tagging in MT UI.

You could use metadata-rules.cfg in conjunction with datacapture.cfg to present a minimal set of items for those file types you don't want ppl to tag but obviously, this solution isn't perfect since it will still present users with those files in the UI.

Aside requesting a feature from Interwoven, the only other quick way may be to modify mtmetaproxy.ipl/cgi to filter out those files types using regex.

In that script, there is a line that reads

$parameter_string = $parameter_string."path_$counter=".uri_escape($fullpath,"^A-Za-z0-9")."&name_$counter=".uri_escape($f,"^A-Za-z0-9")."&";

you can wrap that statement with a if statement with a regex statement for file types you want to include. Note that this will apply to all workflow tasks though.

Hope this helps.