Scan files for metadata without moving them
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:00 pm
This is currently at an idea level and since i am a beginner I thought i'll ask here, if this is even possible.
I have a customer folder which has files in them. Some files (not all) have a private data tag added to them in a previous workflow.
When production planning starts i would like to scan files which are marked for production, pick up up the private data if it exists and send it to our order tracking system.
How can i pick up this data, if its in XMP format for example?
Can i read this data somehow without moving the files? (my first thought was using inject wildcard to copy the files and pick up the data, but since we have about 500 files a week coming in with different sizes, im not sure if switch can handle that kind of a workload on top of the other workflows we also are running)
Any feedback is appreciated.
I have a customer folder which has files in them. Some files (not all) have a private data tag added to them in a previous workflow.
When production planning starts i would like to scan files which are marked for production, pick up up the private data if it exists and send it to our order tracking system.
How can i pick up this data, if its in XMP format for example?
Can i read this data somehow without moving the files? (my first thought was using inject wildcard to copy the files and pick up the data, but since we have about 500 files a week coming in with different sizes, im not sure if switch can handle that kind of a workload on top of the other workflows we also are running)
Any feedback is appreciated.