This section explains a number of additional functions in the METS Editor that involve directly modifying the file system for the images. For this reason you should take great care when using the functions described below.

Provided that the server-based target folder is not empty, you can use the Server-based import box to select a folder from which previously exported images can now be imported into the current process.

In order to do this, you will need to specify the point in the pagination sequence where you want to insert the new file. You can then choose whether the new files are to be inserted as uncounted pages or whether they are to be integrated into the existing pagination.

For every subfolder in the target folder, Goobi will then search for a counterpart in the current process folder. The selected files are then imported to this folder. Once the files have been successfully imported, the subfolder in the target folder is deleted.

A subfolder entitled fileupload is automatically generated on the Goobi server in the configured folder named tempfolder. This subfolder is used to exchange files between processes on the server.

In this area of the METS Editor, you can select one or more pages for export to the exchange folder on the server. A subfolder with the current process title is created in the exchange folder. Goobi will search for the selected pages in all the image directories (derivatives) for the current process and export them to the process subfolder in the exchange folder.

You can also choose to delete all the selected pages from the current process when you export them. This deletion will also be applied to the filename allocation, all allocations to structure elements and all the allocated metadata. The file will also be deleted from all the process folders.

If the currently displayed image has been deleted, Goobi will display the first image for that process. If not, the image number will simply be updated.

This function can be used to download a file from the current process folder to the user’s own computer. The user can select the file to be stored locally using the computer’s file browser.

This function can be used to upload a file from the user’s computer to a selected process folder.

The user will need to specify a file and choose the position within the pagination sequence where the new file is to be inserted. Next the user can choose whether this new file is to be inserted as an uncounted page or whether it should be integrated into the existing pagination. Click the Upload file button to insert the file into the currently selected process folder. If this is the media folder, the pagination sequence will be updated. The file will be inserted in the selected position and either created as a uncounted page or integrated into the existing pagination sequence. If the file is integrated, the page number for each of the following pages will increase by one. In this context, however, it is important to note that the last file in the pagination sequence is not allocated a page number. It remains unpaginated and if necessary will again have to be changed separately in the pagination sequence.

If there is already a file in the selected folder with same name as the file being updated, the file cannot be uploaded and the user will receive an error message.

If you wish, you can modify previously created pagination sequences. Goobi allows you to move or delete individual pages or several pages at the same time. To do this, you first need to select the required pages in the Page selection box. Once you have highlighted at least one page in this way, you will be able to choose from the following functions:

Regardless of whether or not you select a page, you can also use the following function:

If one or more pages are moved up, each page will displace its predecessor in the pagination sequence and will take over all the settings and page allocations of the predecessor. If a page is moved down, its original place it taken by the next page in the pagination sequence.

If the changes affect the image currently being displayed, the image number in the page display is updated automatically. There is no change in the displayed image.

As well as moving files, you can also delete selected files. This action deletes the selected page completely from the metadata file. It affects both filename allocation and allocation to structure elements or allocated metadata.

The file is also deleted from all the process folders. You can search for files that you wish to delete from all the process folders using the selected filename. Goobi will search the available folders for files that match the filename (but not necessarily the file extension). The file will be deleted in all the subfolders of the ocr and images directories. If the currently displayed image has been deleted, Goobi will display the first image. If not, the image number will be updated.

Goobi also allows you to generate new filenames so that systems that are not based on the sequence of filenames in the METS file can continue to display the images in the correct sequence. All the files are numbered using an eight-digit system based on the sequence in the METS file. The files will be renamed in all the process folders.