With ZEN Data Storage, you can create and use custom metadata in ZEN core.

  1. You have ZEN Data Storage configured as your archive, see Configuring a ZEN Data Storage Archive.
  2. You are on the Home Screen.
  1. Click Maintenance > Archive Options.
  2. The Archive Options dialog opens.
  3. Under Settings, click Custom Metadata.
  4. The Custom Metadata tab opens and all custom metadata entries are displayed.
  5. Click .
  6. A new empty field is created.
  7. Enter the name for your custom metadata and press Enter.
  8. Click OK.
  9. The Archive Options dialog closes and the new metadata entry is saved.
  1. You have created custom metadata that are displayed in the Custom Metadata tab of the Archive Options dialog. Note that custom metadata are created case insensitive.
  2. The custom metadata can be used for your jobs by adding them as a Data Link field property in the Form Designer when creating or editing a form template, see Form Designer.
  3. When running a job which includes the form with custom metadata, you can enter a value for the metadata. Additionally, all previously entered values for the respective metadata are available as a dropdown list and sorted alphabetically.
  4. The custom metadata can be displayed as a column in Browse Results and can be used as additional filter criteria for searching the job results, see Filtering Results and Documents using Metadata and Filter Criteria.