Identifier Format Registry entry

Specify a naming convention for multimedia files added to the multimedia repository.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users, groups and system-wide:

Key User Group System
Key 1 User Group System
Key 2 user group Setting
Key 3 Setting Multimedia
Key 4 Multimedia Identifier Format
Key 5 Identifier Format  
Value format

where:

format

is a string defining the layout of the Identifier. The string may contain the following variables:

{irn}

replaced with the Internal Record Number of the record to which the media is attached.

{identifier}

replaced with the file name of the added media file.

Note: If a format is not specified, the default format is {identifier}.

The format string should not contain the file extension to be used as this is determined by the media file being added. If images are scanned, the format setting is used to define the Identifier. If a format is defined, users cannot override the Identifier value generated, however a copy of the original file identifier is placed in the Source field, which may be altered subject to user permissions.

Example

All media files added by users in group Registration will have the Internal Record Number prepended by rg_ (e.g. rg_143.jpg, rg_276.tif, rg_8543.mov):

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Registration
Key 3 Setting
Key 4 Multimedia
Key 5 Identifier Format
Value rg_{irn}