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How to Use the .hsmetadata.xml Files Option

Article: 100050080
Last Published: 2023-04-28
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Product(s): Veritas Alta SaaS Protection

Description

There are often requirements for files ingested via the file connector to be augmented with additional metadata fields. This is often the case when an application contains data that you wish to archive and you want Veritas Alta SaaS Protection to inherit metadata from the application. To accomplish this, the 'Use .hsmetadata.xml Files' option within the connector tells Veritas Alta SaaS Protection that you wish for a metadata manifest file to be processed along with blobs during capture.
 
NOTE: The extended metadata attributes can map to Stor fields in the cloud, providing search, policy query, and event-based retention features.
 
The XML files need to be formatted as follows:
 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
<metadata>
 
<metadata_field name="InvoiceNumber" value="P03219051" type="string"/>
 
<metadata_field name="InvoiceDate" value="05/30/2017" type="datetime"/>
 
<metadata_field name="SupplierNumber" value="0207" type="normalizedstring"/>
 
<metadata_field name="SupplierName" value="HDC Wasserbau Nord GmbH" type="normalizedstring"/>
 
<metadata_field name="ProjectNumber" value="P03219051" type="normalizedstring"/>
 
<metadata_field name="Description" value="FREEWAY" type="string"/>
 
</metadata>

The expectation is that a given file (e.g. somefilename.docx) will have its extended metadata in a corresponding manifest file in the same directory (e.g.e somefilename.docx.hsmetadata.xml).
 
Valid type fields are:
 
-bool
 
-int8
 
-int16
 
-int32
 
-int64
 
-smalldatetime (resolution to minute only)
 
-datetime (sub-second resolution)
 
-string
 
-normalizedstring (used for strings that occur many times in dataset)

NOTE: the DateTime and SmallDateTime values MUST match on the following format strings and are assumed to be UTC in all cases:
 
yyyy-MM-dd

yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

 

 
 

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