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Using the File Metadata Editing function, you can edit metadata of files managed by GakuNin RDM and use it for your reporting work.
The editing function, also called "Quick Edit Mode," manages file metadata created in the day-to-day research activities, thereby streamlining the process of writing research reports.
Enabling the Metadata add-on
Please enable the metadata add-on by referring to "Enabling the metadata management function" in the User Manual. Also, please input your e-Rad researcher number (if you have).
Editing file metadata
To edit file metadata, please follow the instructions below.
1.Select a target file or folder
Once the metadata management function is activated, the "Edit Metadata" button will appear in the toolbar of the file list on the project's main screen. The "Edit Metadata" button will appear when a file or folder is selected.
After inputting each field of metadata, click "Save" to save as metadata in GakuNin RDM. A symbol "{}" will appear for the file or folder where the metadata has been already edited. If a folder is selected for editing metadata, no metadata will be set for the child files or folders. Use it when you want to treat all the files in a folder as a single dataset.
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Metadata can be saved with blank or errors, and can be re-edited at any time. You are required to correct these errors when registering file metadata to project metadata. Details are explained in the Editing and registering a metadata for your project of the User Manual.
Copying and pasting file metadata
File metadata can be copied and pasted through the clipboard. Press "Copy to clipboard" to copy the file metadata in the dialog to the clipboard, and "Paste from Clipboard" to paste the file metadata from the clipboard into the dialog.
When copying and pasting clipboards between different schemas, only values with the same field name are changed to the values stored in the clipboard; other fields are not changed. In addition, a file metadata is stored in the OS clipboard as a string of characters. Since it is persisted even after the browser is quitted, it can be copied and pasted between files of different GakuNin RDM projects.
*Copy and paste functionality is not available for editing multiple file metadata at once as described below.
Editing multiple file metadata at once
You can edit file metadata by selecting multiple files or folders at one time.
- Select target files or folders
When multiple files or folders in the same folder are selected, the "Edit Multiple Metadata" button will appear in the toolbar of the file list on the project's main screen.
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- Input each metadata field
Clicking the "Edit Multiple Metadata" button opens the multiple metadata input dialog.
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After inputting each field of metadata, click "Save" to save as metadata in GakuNin RDM.
- For an item with options
- Selecting (Not Modified) preserves the file metadata values for all files or folders selected in 1.
- Selecting any option collectively changes the original file metadata values to the selected one.
- For text input fields
- If no text is entered, the original file metadata values are retained.
- If any value is entered, the original file metadata values are collectively changed to the entered one.
- If "Clear" is checked, the original file metadata values are changed to empty.
Saved metadata can be re-edited individually later for each file or folder.
Repairing a metadata of moved files
File metadata is associated with file paths in GakuNin RDM projects. If you move or rename a file in GakuNin RDM, the file metadata for the file will be preserved. However, if a file is moved or renamed directly (without via GakuNin RDM) in cloud storage attached to the project, the association will be lost. In such cases, an "!" icon will appear for the file.
Click the "!" icon to specify an appropriate destination of the file metadata, or delete the metadata.
Registering File Metadata to Project Metadata
File metadata can be incorporated in project metadata and attached to research reports or other documents. This operation is explained in the Editing and registering a metadata for your project of the User Manual.
Deleting File Metadata
When you select a file or folder whose file metadata has been already edited, the "Delete Metadata" button will appear. Click "Delete Metadata" to delete the file metadata.
Deletion of file metadata cannot be undone, so if necessary, copy the file metadata to the clipboard and save as a text file.