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Making all Fotoware servers and clients use a new metadata definition
This topic explains how to distribute the metadata definition to all Fotoware servers and clients in your system so they can read and write information to the new fields.
02. June 2025
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Distributing the metadata configuration
When a new field definition has been made, those changes are stored in the MetadataConfiguration.xml file in C:\ProgramData\Fotoware\Metadata on the server.
All Fotoware server applications that run on the same server share this metadata configuration file. However, if your system has more than one Fotoware server, you will need to ensure all server applications use the same metadata configuration file. You can simply make a copy of the metadata configuration file and store it in the same location on all involved servers.
It is also possible to export only the new namespace(s) you have created and import them into the respective target configurations on other servers.
Important!
When you change the metadata configuration file on a server, all Fotoware services on the server, including the Operations Center service, must be restarted to use the new configuration.
Any affected Index Manager servers may have to have their indexes completely rebuilt to be made aware of the new field definitions.
Distributing the metadata configuration to FotoStation clients
FotoStation clients require the same metadata configuration as the server applications do. Typically, an administrator will create new namespaces and fields and export those fields so they can be imported into a FotoStation configuration. The admin will then create metadata editors, keyword lists, etc., for use in FotoStation and finally upload the configuration to a network share. When users then start up FotoStation on their workstations, they will download the complete new configuration from the server.
Learn more about how to configure FotoStation for multi-user environments.
Building metadata editors in FotoStation and FotoWeb
Having created your set of custom fields and distributed it to the Fotoware servers and clients in your DAM system, you can start building metadata sets for use in FotoWeb and metadata editors for use with FotoStation.