This article is applicable to the NGI Interface only and all Preservica editions.

In the NGI interface under the Add menu (below) there is an option to upload a folder that contains content files and a single CSV file that contains metadata to be applied to that content.

The use of this functionality is covered in this training video and here are some things to be aware of when using:

• The naming convention of the CSV file must match what is expected by the system:
  • DC - Dublin_Core-template.csv
  • MODS - MODS-template.csv

• When saving the CSV in your spreadsheet prior to uploading ensure it is saved in CSV UTF-8 format

• The folder/filename column in the CSV must contain the exact name, including extension, of the file it is associated with

• Bulk CSV Upload will not work when attempting to upload to the Home folder, the user interface will ask you to continue the ingest as normal but clicking this will not complete the ingest. Instead just perform the upload into any sub-folder and then move the content into the desired folder structure.

• Folder names in Bulk Upload cannot contain any spaces, our advice would be to replace any spaces with underscores and then modify the folder name in the system once it has been uploaded. This can be done by right clicking on the folder and selecting Manage Folder
  • This restriction does not affect content files