Metadata Tools Export Metadata

This tool is used to export GIS metadata to an XML and HTML file format. For more detailed information see the ESRI Help documentation for this tool. If geodata only has metadata in ArcGIS, i.e. not on an online metadata portal, then you can use this tool to generate a HTML metadata file which you can link to using the MCAS-S TIP file.

User Inputs

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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 generate XML and HTML metadata files 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 XML and HTML metadata files for.

Output folder: This is the output location or folder where you want to write the XML and HTML files to.

Style Sheet: This is the translator XML. If the default XML does not work please see ESRI Help documentation for form information about this parameter.

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.