Metadata Tools Export tips

Once you have finished building the ‘Tips Table’ using the Metadata > Create Tips Table tool you can use this tool to generate the MCAS-S TIP text files.

User Inputs

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Table of Tips: This is the ‘Tips Table’ that contains the fields and field values to use in the TIP files. You can generate this table using the Metadata > Create Tips Table and edit it to fill in any empty, or non default field, where the default values are specified in the Tip Template CSV file.

Field for geodata: Select the field from the 'Table of Tips' that contains the full path to the raster items you want to generate MCAS-S TIP metadata files for.

Include Fields: You can choose to include all the fields from the ‘Table of Tips’ table or remove unwanted ones.

Folder for Tip Files: This is the output location or folder where you want to write the TIP files to.

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 ‘ExportTipsToFileMetadataTool_ date_time’, where ‘date’ and ‘time’ are the date and time that the tool was run.