8.5

Limitations
l The name of the metadata field to add must adhere to these syntax rules: start with a letter, followed by
zero or more letters, numbers, underscore or dash. The name is not case-sensitive.
l
Metadata Fields Management actions on the page level are not possible since the entire task
execution is based on the data page node.
l
The task raises an error if the selected Metadata Fields Management action is Sum and if one of the
field valuesis not numeric.The task supports approximately 15 digits of precision in a range from 2.23
x 10
-308
to 1.79 x 10
308
.
Metadata File Management
The Metadata File Management action task is used to execute actions on Metadata files. This task does
not modify the data, job infos, variables or any other part of your process.
Input
This task takes any file as input and does not modify it.
Process
This task does not execute any change to the process, its files or variables. It only executes the selected
action on Metadata.
Output
This task outputs the exact same data that was given to it. Its metadata will either be missing (Delete
Metadata), Changed (Load Metadata)or the same (Save Metadata).
Properties
l Chose an action group
l Load metadata file:Loads an external metadata file that was previously saved. This can be
useful in Error processes if you have previously saved the Metadata to file (ErrorBin outputs do
not transfer Metadata).
l Save the current metadata file:Saves the current metadata to a specified location. Useful as a
backup or for use in Error processes.