Adding thumbnails in csv ingest
Bruce Eames
Hi All,
I am managing DSpace 7.3 after our expert retired and I am having a LOT of trouble with basic stuff.
May I ask this question please – I am ingesting metadata via a csv and I am unsure if I can add a column to add thumbnails for each item ( as opposed to letting the system do it).
Any advice gratefully received.
Bruce.
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Tim Donohue
At this point in time, the CSV ingest process (which uses Batch Metadata Editing) doesn't support adding any content files during the ingest. It only supports metadata-only Items. See the docs at: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Batch+Metadata+Editing#BatchMetadataEditing-AddingMetadata-OnlyItems
However, after an Item is created, it is possible to auto-generate thumbnails for any content files using the Media Filters: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Mediafilters+for+Transforming+DSpace+Content You can also replace any auto-generated thumbnails with any content you wish... you'd just need to replace the auto-generated file in the THUMBNAIL bundle of the Item (see the Edit Item -> Bitstreams tab)
Tim