Metadata Tools Create Tips
This is a custom tool used to generate a table that contains all the fields you want to be included in the MCAS-S TIP file. This is the first step in generating the TIP metadata files for all the rasters in your MCAS-S datapack (stack of aligned rasters).
Table of Geodata: This is the input table, usually the results table generated by the Geodata > Search tool, but it can be any table with a field containing the full path to the rasters you want to create TIP file for. If the Input Table is a DBF, or a table in an ESRI File Geodatabase, then you can select a subset of rows in ArcMap and only those rows will be processed by the tool.
Field for geodata: Select the field from the 'Table of Geodata' that contains the full path to the raster items you want to generate TIP files for.
Tip Template: The tip template file needs to be a comma delimited (CSV) file. See this link for an example of a Tip Template file we have used to generate a NSW datapack in OEH. The first row in the CSV Tip template file contains the field names you want to appear in the MCAS-S TIP file. In the second row you can enter text that will be used as the default value for all raster geodata. You can pull values from the Geodata > Describe report by bracketing the field name in the $ symbol, for example ‘$dataset_spatialReference$’ would pull out the spatial reference for each input raster. You can also use the field and add extra text, for example ‘$general_baseName# - from OEH - Predictors used in state-wide vegetation modelling project$’ would add the ‘general_baseName’ (the raster name) before the other text.
This MCAS-S TIP file was generated with the example template (see link above).
Include Fields: You can choose to [Select All] of the fields to include in the TIP table, or just a subset of fields by ticking the box next to them.
Output Workspace: This is the location for the Grid Garage results table containing the list of geodata processed by the tool as well as any data outputs. If the tool encounters any errors when processing the input geodata then a second results table will be generated, with a ‘_FAIL’ suffix, listing the input geodata that failed and any ESRI error messages.
If you have set the ArcGIS ‘Workspace' parameter in the Geoprocessing > Environment Settings then this path will be used as the default. You can use this default path or click the folder button to select a new output location which can be a folder or File Geodatabase. If you specify a folder then the Results Table will be written to a comma-delimited (CSV) text file, if you specify a File Geodatabase it will be written as a Geodatabase Table.
Result Table Name: You can choose to use the default table name or specify a different name for the Grid Garage results table. The Grid Garage results table reports on a range of different properties for each of the geodata items in the 'Table for Geodata' input table. See the Grid Garage User Manual for a description of all the properties reported on.
If the tool encounters any errors when processing any of the geodata then a second results table will be generated, with a ‘_FAIL’ suffix, listing the input geodata that failed and any ESRI error messages. If you choose a folder for the Output Workspace then the result table will be written to a comma-delimited (CSV) text file which will not allow you to select rows for processing when using the table as input for other Grid Garage Tools.
Result Table file name: The default name will always take the form of ‘CreateTipsTableMetadataTool_ date_time’, where ‘date’ and ‘time’ are the date and time that the tool was run.