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Table Of Contents
- Title
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator 19
- Chapter 2 Database Settings 31
- Chapter 3 Server Settings 81
- Chapter 4 User Management 91
- Chapter 5 Site Settings 127
- Chapter 6 Application Settings 163
- Chapter 7 Avid Interplay Services 189
- Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 191
- Chapter 9 Configuring Interplay for a Split Database 199
- Appendix A Installed Components and Services 223
- Appendix B Interplay Engine Configuration Files 241
- Appendix C Valid and Invalid Characters in Avid Interplay 255
- Appendix D System Metadata Properties 257
- Appendix E Server Error Codes 269
- Appendix F Consistency Check Codes 285
- Using This Guide
- Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator
- Database Settings
- Creating an Interplay Database
- Avid Interplay Databases, Folders, and Files
- Limits on the Number of Assets and Objects in the Interplay Database
- Creating and Restoring Database Backups
- Performing a Consistency Check
- Viewing Database Information
- Locking and Unlocking Databases
- Managing Databases: Deactivating, Activating, and Migrating
- Moving a Database to Another Server (Non-Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database and Users to Another Server (Non-Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database to Another Server (Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database and Users to Another Server (Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database Under Low Disk Space Conditions
- Renaming a Database
- Server Settings
- User Management
- Understanding the Central Configuration Server
- Adding Users to a Central Configuration Server
- Setting User Authentication Providers and Importing Users
- Managing Users, User Groups, and User Rights
- Understanding Default User Groups, Users, and Roles
- Adding User Groups
- Adding Users Manually
- Viewing and Setting Attributes
- Understanding Standard Roles and Default Rights
- Viewing and Changing Roles
- Viewing and Setting Authentication Providers for Individual Users
- Deleting Users and User Groups
- Removing Users from User Groups
- Managing Database Roles
- Guidelines for User Management
- Site Settings
- Defining Property Layouts
- Setting the Resolutions Available for Display
- Creating Custom Properties
- Configuring Remote Workgroups
- Configuring Categories
- Setting Server Hostnames and the Workgroup Name
- Interplay Media Services View
- Interplay Transfer Status View
- Interplay Transfer Settings View
- Workgroup Transfer Presets View
- Specifying Remote Servers for Asset Tracking
- Specifying Archive Settings
- Setting the Ownership for New Database Folders
- Setting Options for Deletion
- Viewing and Setting the Metadata Override Status
- Application Settings
- Avid Interplay Services
- Troubleshooting
- Configuring Interplay for a Split Database
- Installed Components and Services
- Interplay Engine Configuration Files
- Valid and Invalid Characters in Avid Interplay
- System Metadata Properties
- Server Error Codes
- Consistency Check Codes
- Index
5 Site Settings
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Working with Lists for Custom Properties
You can create a custom property that includes a list of values from which users can choose
(see “Creating Custom Properties” on page 132). These lists are sometimes referred to as
dictionaries or taxonomies. The following topics provide more information about working
with lists for custom properties:
• “Creating and Editing a File for Custom Properties” on page 138
• “Removing a List for a Custom Property” on page 140
• “Using Custom Properties in an Extended Search” on page 141
Creating and Editing a File for Custom Properties
If you want to provide users with a list of values they can choose from, you need to create an
XML file and then import it into the Interplay Administrator. You can create a simple list of
options, or you can create a hierarchy of options and suboptions. For example, if a user
wants to label clips of sports teams, you can create a file so that the user can select a league,
and then select a team from that league. You can specify a default selection that is
highlighted in the list.
The following example shows an XML file that creates a single level set of choices, with
Team A as the default value. Substitute the values you want for the description (which
appears in the Values column of the Custom Meta Data tab) and team names. Use the
quotation marks as shown.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE values SYSTEM "custom_attributes.dtd">
<values description="Teams">
<value name="Team A" default="true"/>
<value name="Team B"/>
<value name="Team C"/>
<value name="Team D"/>
</values>
The choices will appear in Interplay Access as shown in the following illustration: