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10<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>6.7: 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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14This section describes how to view all metadata assigned to an entire collection.
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27<td colspan="3"><a href="#simple">Simple Instructions:</a></td>
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32 The audit table
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38<td colspan="3"><a href="#advanced">Advanced Instructions:</a></td>
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61<img width="20" src="gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="simple"> Simple Instructions:</a>
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63Sometimes you need to see the metadata assigned to many or all files at once -- for instance,
64to determine how many files are left to work on, or to get some idea of the
65spread of dates.
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67Select the files you wish to examine, and from the "Metadata Set" menu choose "Assigned Metadata...". A window called
68"All Metadata", dominated by a large table with many columns, appears. The
69first column shows file names; the rows show all metadata values assigned to
70those files.
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72Drawing the table can take some time if many files are selected. You can continue to use the Librarian
73Interface while the "All Metadata" window is open.
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75Click "Close" to hide the window.
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77<img width="20" src="gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="advanced"> Advanced Instructions:</a>
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79You can also view the "All Metadata" table by selecting the files you wish to
80examine, right-clicking, and choosing "Assigned Metadata...". If a folder has
81been selected, all its child files are included in the table.
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83When it gets too large, you can filter the "All Metadata" table by applying
84filters to the columns. As new filters are added, only those rows that match
85them remain visible. To set, modify or clear a filter, click on the "funnel"
86icon at the top of a column. You are prompted for information about the filter.
87Once a filter is set, the column header changes colour.
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89The prompt has a "Simple" and an "Advanced" tab. The Simple version filters
90columns so that they only show rows that contain a certain metadata value ("*"
91matches all values). You can select metadata values from the pull-down list.
92The Advanced version allows different matching operations: must start with,
93does not contain, alphabetically less than and is equal to. The value to be
94matched can be edited to be any string (including "*"), and you can choose
95whether the matching should be case insensitive. Finally, you can specify a
96second matching condition that you can use to specify a range of values (by
97selecting AND) or alternative values (by selecting OR). Below this area is a
98box that allows you to change the sort order (ascending or descending). Once
99you have finished, click "Set Filter" to apply the new filter to the column.
100Click "Clear Filter" to remove a current filter. Note that the filter details
101are retained even when the filter is cleared.
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103For example, to sort the "All Metadata" table, choose a column, select the
104default filter setting (a Simple filter on "*"), and choose ascending or
105descending ordering.
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