Configuring manual file transfer metadata

Configuring metadata allows you to build a form that the user is prompted to fill out when performing uploads from the Manual File Transfer page in VLPortal via the applet. The form input is inserted into an XML file that is uploaded inside a zipped archive along with the selected files.

From the Web Portal editor (Editing, cloning, or creating a web portal), click Metadata.
The Edit Portal Metadata dialog box appears.
Enter information for the metadata file you want to create in the following fields:

Filename

Specify the name of the XML file to contain the user-supplied metadata that will accompany the uploaded files.

Language

Displays whatever alternative Label values have been supplied for the metadata items for the given language. See Internationalizing your web portals.
Add or edit metadata items from the Form Data list.
If there are no existing metadata items in the Form Data list, click New Item to display the New Metadata Item dialog box.

If there are metadata items in the Form Data list, right-click an item and select Edit to display the Edit Metadata Item dialog box.

Note: The New Metadata Item and the Edit Metadata Item dialog boxes contain the same fields.
1. Enter information about the metadata item in the dialog box.
  
  Label
  
  This label is displayed for this item in the selected language in the form the user is prompted to complete when uploading files. You select a language for the label and enter the label text.
  
  Choices
  
  Indicate the choices available to the user when they provide information about this item. If you provide choices, they are delimited by the ‘|’ symbol. If the user can enter freeform text for the input, leave this field blank.
  
  Element Identifier
  
  The XML attribute for this item's corresponding element in the generated file.
  
  Required
  
  Indicate whether or not a selection/input is mandatory for this metadata item.
2. Click OK.
  Your changes are saved and the Edit Portal Metadata dialog box appears.
Optional - Right-click an existing metadata item and select one of the following from the menu:
- Move Up and Move Down to change the order in which corresponding fields appear in the form the user is prompted to complete when uploading the file(s).
- Edit to edit the metadata item
- Remove to remove the selected metadata item.
Click OK to save your changes and return to the VLPortal tab.