Metadata Scripts

How to Return an Array of Values for Metadata

  • Usage: Author column, title column, metadata - text

  • Description: Returns a string array as a multi-valued property.

Return an Array of Values 
dim strarr(2) as string
strarr(0) = "first person"strarr(1) = "second person"return strarr

How to Crawl Only Metadata for Certain File Types

  • Usage: Unstructured data column

  • Description:

    • The first part is building the path to the file.

    • This code is different for each Connector.

    • The next step is to add the extensions you do not want to use.

Crawl Metadata for Certain File Types 
dim blockedExt() as string = {".tif",".cad"} 'add to list here

dim fpath as string = HOST.GETSTRINGVALUE("docserver_loc") & HOST.GETSTRINGVALUE("PATH") & HOST.GETSTRINGVALUE("fpath").tolower()
for i as integer = 0 to blockedExt.length -1
    if fpath.endswith(blockedExt(i)) then return "NOFILE"next
return fpath