Maintain Metadata when Copying a File
Currently, Metadata (custom metadata and applied metadata templates/values) that's been added to a file is NOT maintained when a file is copied in Box. This request is to add the functionality - perhaps as an option in the 'Copy' flow - to copy a file's Metadata as well.
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AdminTimothy Stone
(Admin, Box)
shared this idea
There is a toggle you can set (via the V2 API) on a template to indicate that you’d like the MD to remain on item copy. See “copyInstanceOnItemCopy” at https://developer.box.com/reference/resources/metadata-template/.
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Anonymous
commented
It would be very helpful if both location data and time stamp data were preserved on original photo files when shared and copied in BOX.
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Adminkcalkins
(Admin, Box)
commented
Today the only way to copy a folder with the metadata preserved is to write a custom script