Customizing Metadata

Customizing Metadata

Custom Metadata Panel helps Admins and end users build, manage and share custom metadata forms for use in Creative Cloud desktop applications. The panel supports the following form types: Dates, Text, Numbers, URLs, Dropdown Menus, Checkboxes and Checkbox Groups, Switches and Switch Groups, Radio Buttons, Tags (Constrained value fields), complex Structures, Hidden Fields (used for syncing), and a special form item to support AEM Tags. See the articles about each form type for more information.

In addition, Admins and end users can focus the metadata experience via Custom Tool Tip, Custom Placeholder Text, Dependencies, Filters, Selection Groups, and Sync to another field:

• Custom Tool Tip
  • You can define a custom Tooltip that will appear when the user hovers over the label for a field. This can help provide additional context for formatting or the field's intended usage.
• Custom Placeholder Text
  • You can define text that will appear in a field when its value is empty. This can help provide additional context for formatting or the field's intended usage. These only apply to fields that accept text.
• Dependencies
  • Dependencies prevent entry in one field until data exists in one or more other fields. This can be used as a form of validation for end-users, ensuring that fields are assigned values in the correct order. For instance, a user might need to select a pet type before choosing a breed, or need to set an arrival date before setting a departure date.
• Filters
  • Filters reduce the possible options in a Dropdown field based on the value of another field. This feature can be used to narrowing the scope of options as a user moves through the form. For instance, after a user selects a pet type, the breed dropdown would only display options related to that kind of pet. Filters must be configured in a field's Options JSON.
• Selection Groups
  • Selection Groups connect multiple options together in a multi-value field. Users choose one value that automatically selects other values that have been grouped together. For instance, in a dropdown which allows users to choose multiple US States, a dropdown value "New England" would automatically select "Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island." Selection Groups must be configured in a field's Options JSON.
• Sync to another field
  • You can Sync the values between two or more fields. The fields must be of the same type, or they can be Hidden fields. This is useful if your metadata schema expects certain property values to be duplicated to other properties.

You can read more about how to configure these options in the Using the Editor section.