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4<title>The Greenstone Librarian Interface - Help Pages</title>
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9<td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="../gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td><td width="*" align="center"><a name="reviewingmetadata"><font size="5" face="Verdana"><strong>5.6: Reviewing Assigned Metadata</strong></font></a></td><td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="../gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td>
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13Sometimes you need to see the metadata assigned to many or all files at once -- for instance,
14to determine how many files are left to work on, or to get some idea of the
15spread of dates.
16<p></p>
17Select the files you wish to examine, then right-click and choose "Assigned Metadata...". A window called
18"All Metadata", dominated by a large table with many columns, appears. The
19first column shows file names; the rows show all metadata values assigned to
20those files.
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22Drawing the table can take some time if many files are selected. You can continue to use the Librarian
23Interface while the "All Metadata" window is open.
24<p></p>
25When it gets too large, you can filter the "All Metadata" table by applying
26filters to the columns. As new filters are added, only those rows that match
27them remain visible. To set, modify or clear a filter, click on the "funnel"
28icon at the top of a column. You are prompted for information about the filter.
29Once a filter is set, the column header changes colour.
30<p></p>
31The prompt has a "Simple" and an "Advanced" tab. The Simple version filters
32columns so that they only show rows that contain a certain metadata value ("*"
33matches all values). You can select metadata values from the pull-down list.
34The Advanced version allows different matching operations: must start with,
35does not contain, alphabetically less than and is equal to. The value to be
36matched can be edited to be any string (including "*"), and you can choose
37whether the matching should be case insensitive. Finally, you can specify a
38second matching condition that you can use to specify a range of values (by
39selecting AND) or alternative values (by selecting OR). Below this area is a
40box that allows you to change the sort order (ascending or descending). Once
41you have finished, click "Set Filter" to apply the new filter to the column.
42Click "Clear Filter" to remove a current filter. Note that the filter details
43are retained even when the filter is cleared.
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45For example, to sort the "All Metadata" table, choose a column, select the
46default filter setting (a Simple filter on "*"), and choose ascending or
47descending ordering.
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