idea Bulk edit tool for metadata in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Bulk edit tool for metadata

JasonBarney — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:57:09 GMT

There needs to be a way to do bulk edits across multiple feature classes. I have custodians within my organization who manage many feature classes. Its a pain to go and update the SAME contact info across each feature class. Should be able to apply a template which is common to all the feature classes, and then just go in and update the relevent information specific to each feature class.

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

Anonymous User — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:36:04 GMT

Excellent suggestion! I struggle this with over 50 feature classes to update with the same contact information.

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

JenniferBorlick — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:12:10 GMT

We have feature classes in the hundreds. Although, I guess I don't have to be the one to worry about changing the contact information. It would be the person that would come after me that would have to deal with it. :)

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

ChrisFox — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:27:46 GMT

Below is a help document topic that discusses how to accomplish this workflow:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//003t00000026000000

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

JasonBarney — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:39:42 GMT

I appreciate that there is a backend solution, but having worked with XSLT, this isn't a very client friendly approach. I work in a large municipal/local government organization, and the onus would be on a developer to modify the stylesheets and run it through the GP tools, and that's specific to one custodian. We have dozens of custodians responsible for hundreds of feature classes. Getting custodians to maintain metadata is hard enough as it is.

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

JordynMitchell — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:01:53 GMT

I don't understand why there still isn't a user configurable pick list for editing metadata contacts, and other common repeated elements when editing metadata.
I also don't like how when you use a template that it overwrites all existing metadata - what if you just want to change one or two things, and do that in batch mode? The NPS metadata tool did this pretty well.
You should be able to select a group of featureclasses, and be able to change just selected attributes in the metadata in batch mode....

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

RichardHowe — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:53:25 GMT

Seems like this should be pretty easy to add-in and would save lots of time!! Let's see it ESRI!

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

VictorKing — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:30:06 GMT

XTools Pro has exactly what you are looking for

Batch Metadata Editing.
http://www.xtoolspro.com/tools.asp#gu20

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

BruceGodfrey — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:18:56 GMT

This might be helpful?:

http://cloud.insideidaho.org/helpdocs/batch_metadata_modifier_tool.html

Re: Bulk edit tool for metadata

jcokin1 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:40:51 GMT

The following ideas have all been merged together as of 7/26/2017. Do not know why the scores have not been summed up yet.

Just FYI

1.	Bulk edit tool for metadata (Primary / Lead Idea)

https://community.esri.com/ideas/4726

Vote Score = 700

2.	Metadata search-and-replace (Merged)

https://community.esri.com/ideas/4014

Vote Score = 290

3.	Batch Update Item Descriptions when necessary (Merged)

https://community.esri.com/ideas/5919

Vote Score = 110

4.	Batch Editor for XML Metadata for Universal Changes (Merged)

https://community.esri.com/ideas/9492

Vote Score = 10