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Explore and export workspace file metadata

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As an AIDE user with an AIDE software-only deployment, you can use Metadata Engine options in AI Data Engine (AIDE) Console to search and filter file metadata using the Metadata Engine. You can apply standard filters, search by custom tags, and export your results as CSV files for offline analysis or downstream use.

Note In AIDE software-only deployments without a full AIDE license, you have full access to Metadata Engine functionality but cannot create or manage data collections or guardrails. Learn about deployment and licensing options.
Before you begin

  • You need storage administrator, data engineer, or data scientist privileges in AIDE Console and access to at least one workspace.

  • A storage administrator has:

    • Created one or more workspaces in ONTAP System Manager.

    • Assigned you user or group access to the relevant workspaces using OpenID Connect (OIDC).

  • Metadata extraction for the workspace has completed and the workspace is in Ready state.

Sign in to AIDE Console

Steps

  1. In a browser, navigate to the AIDE Console URL:

    https://<cluster_management_ip>/console

  2. Authenticate through your organization's OIDC provider.

  3. Confirm that Data Explorer is available in the left navigation panel.

    Note In AIDE software-only deployments without a full AIDE license, Data Explorer is the default landing page.
Result

You are logged in to AIDE Console and can see the workspaces you have been granted access to.

Open a workspace in Data Explorer

Steps

  1. In the left navigation panel, select Data Explorer > Workspaces.

  2. Review the list of workspaces available to you.

  3. Select the workspace you want to explore.

  4. Select Explore to open the file metadata search and filter page for that workspace.

Result

The Data Explorer search page opens, scoped to the selected workspace.

Search and filter file metadata

Steps

  1. On the Data Explorer search page, use any combination of the available filters to refine your results:

    • Enter a search query in the search bar to match file names or metadata attributes.

      Note Search queries are case sensitive.

    • Apply standard metadata filters (for example, file type, size, or date).

      Note The Classification filter is not available in Data Explorer.
Result

The table displays all files that match your search query or applied filters.

Create and use custom tags

Steps

  1. To create custom tags, navigate to the Data Explorer search page and select Advanced filters.

  2. Select Add new tags.

  3. Add one or more custom tags to filter your search results by a combination of attributes that are not included in the standard filters.

  4. Select Filter to apply your custom tag filters to the search results.

  5. Review the search results displayed in the file list table.

Result

The table displays all files that match your custom tag entries.

Download search results to CSV

Steps

  1. Above the search results table, select Download file icon.

    An informational download progress message appears until the download completes.

  2. Monitor the download progress indicator above the results table. Larger downloads will indicate progress of batch file downloads or the number of rows in a CSV being processed.

  3. Optional: To stop the download before it completes, click Cancel download.

Result

One or more CSV files are downloaded to your local system. Each file contains the file names and metadata columns visible in the search results table at the time of download.

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