idea Bring ArcMap metadata (title, authors, tags) to Explorer in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/bring-arcmap-metadata-title-authors-tags-to/idi-p/975775 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Windows Explorer and Search (indexing service) extract metadata ("file contents", e.g. title, authors, tags) using an "ifilter", a small extension provided by a third party for a specific file type. ArcMap and ArcGlobe enable users to assign such metadata through File | Map Document Properties dialog, but it is not visible outside ArcGIS due to the missing ifilter. I propose ESRI&nbsp;to implement and distribute (as an independent add-on, for starters) such filter so that users could easily find their content.<BR /><BR />Regards,<BR />Lauri Suoranta<BR />Software Engineer<BR />ESRI Finland <!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bmte --> </BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:01:44 GMT LauriSuoranta 2011-06-01T08:01:44Z Bring ArcMap metadata (title, authors, tags) to Explorer https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/bring-arcmap-metadata-title-authors-tags-to/idi-p/975775 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Windows Explorer and Search (indexing service) extract metadata ("file contents", e.g. title, authors, tags) using an "ifilter", a small extension provided by a third party for a specific file type. ArcMap and ArcGlobe enable users to assign such metadata through File | Map Document Properties dialog, but it is not visible outside ArcGIS due to the missing ifilter. I propose ESRI&nbsp;to implement and distribute (as an independent add-on, for starters) such filter so that users could easily find their content.<BR /><BR />Regards,<BR />Lauri Suoranta<BR />Software Engineer<BR />ESRI Finland <!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bmte --> </BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:01:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/bring-arcmap-metadata-title-authors-tags-to/idi-p/975775 LauriSuoranta 2011-06-01T08:01:44Z Re: Bring ArcMap metadata (title, authors, tags) to Explorer - Status changed to: Closed https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/bring-arcmap-metadata-title-authors-tags-to/idc-p/1685619#M37524 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/379100">@LauriSuoranta</a>,</P><P>ArcGIS Desktop is in <A href="https://support.esri.com/en-us/products/arcmap/life-cycle" target="_self">mature support</A> and will be retired March 1, 2026 so we won’t be considering this idea. We recommend that you migrate to ArcGIS Pro, our fully supported desktop GIS application.</P><P>Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas. We truly appreciate your contributions to continuously improving the software to help you do your work and look forward to what ideas you have for ArcGIS Pro.</P> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:58:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/bring-arcmap-metadata-title-authors-tags-to/idc-p/1685619#M37524 ValeriaChavez 2026-02-20T19:58:01Z