Defining Metadata Sets For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions

With Documents and Media, you can define reusable groups of metadata fields that can be added to custom Document Types. Once created, these Metadata Sets can be selected while creating or editing a Document Type for Liferay 7.3 and earlier versions and are added after any fields defined directly in the Document Type form.

To define a new Metadata Set,

1. Open the Product Menu () then click the compass icon () on the Site Administration menu.

2. Select the site where the form is created.

3. Click Content & Data → Documents and Media.

4. Click the Metadata Sets tab.

5. Click the Add button (). The New Metadata Set form appears.

6. Enter a name.

7. Expand the Details section.

8. Enter a description for the new Metadata Set.

9. Leave the Parent Metadata field blank if this is a parent. To select a Metadata Set to extend, click the Select button for Parent Metadata Set and then select the desired Metadata Set.

10. Drag and drop the metadata fields into the editor.

    

11. Click Save.

The following metadata fields are available:

Metadata Field Type	Description
Boolean	Check the check box
Color	Specify a color.
Date	Enter a date.
Decimal	Enter a decimal number up to 2 decimal points.
Documents and Media	Select a file from a Documents and Media library.
Geolocation	Specify a location to associate with the document.
HTML	Use a WYSIWYG editor to enter HTML to enhance the content.
Integer	Enter an integer
Link to Page	Link to another page in the same site.
Number	Enter a decimal number or an integer.
Radio	Displays several clickable options but only one option can be selected at a time.
Select	This is like the radio field except that the options are hidden and must be accessed from a drop-down menu.
Text	Enter a single line of text.
Text Box	Enter multiple lines of text or separate paragraphs.
Web Content	Select a Web Content article.

Editing Metadata Sets

You can edit your fields to reflect their intended metadata. For example, a text field’s default label is Text. If you want to use the text field as a title, for instance, then you should change the field’s label to Title. Besides the Label field, you can also configure the default values, variable names, mouse-over tips, widths, and other settings. Some fields have a Required setting for specifying whether users must populate the field. If a field’s Repeatable setting is Yes, users can add multiple consecutive instances of the field to the document’s metadata.

1. Click on the field on the canvas. This automatically selects the Settings tab on the left.

2. To edit a setting value, double-click it in the Settings table and enter the new value.

   

3. Click Save when finished.

Translating a Metadata Set

You can translate each of a metadata set’s field values to any supported locales.

1. Click Add Translation.

2. Click on the language (for example: French (France)). Repeat to add another locale.

   

3. Once added to the Available Translations section, click on the flag representing the language.

4. Modify the desired values.

   

5. Click Save when finished.

Related Topics

• Defining Metadata Sets