Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 50)

• Group Category: This is the automatically assigned metadata field’s family. All metadata
fields you create are in the Custom Metadata family.
Note: This column is not related to the metadata field’s Category setting.
• Description: This is the description entered when the metadata field was created.
• Data Type: This is the data type selected when the metadata field was created. The
data type defines the kind of data that can be entered in a metadata field (such as a
date, a timecode number, or a text string).
Note: You cannot change the data type after it has been set.
Adding or Editing Metadata Fields
You can add or edit custom metadata fields.
To add a custom metadata field
1 Click the Create button in the Metadata Field pane of the client’s Administration window.
The Metadata Field window appears.
2 Configure the settings for the metadata field.
For details, see Settings for Metadata Fields .
3 Click Save Changes to save the custom metadata field.
The new metadata field appears in the Metadata Field pane.
You can also open the Metadata Field window and edit existing metadata fields.
Note: You are not allowed to edit the required metadata fields. In general, you can edit
only those fields with the Custom Metadata category in the Metadata Field pane (although
even some of them are not editable).
To edit an existing metadata field
1 Double-click the metadata field in the Metadata Field pane.
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