If your user account has the Write or Own permission level on an existing collection in DME, and if that existing collection has been configured to contain data files, you can register a data file into that collection.
The character limit for each metadata value is 2700.
The following table compares the functionality available with each command:
| Command | Command Allows You To | File Size | Metadata Extraction1 |
|---|---|---|---|
dm_register_dataobject (Using dm_register_dataobject and Updating Data File Metadata via the CLU) | Register a new file with metadata. or Update metadata of an existing file. | Up to 2 TB from Globus, AWS S3, or Google Cloud storage or Up to 10 GB from local system | Yes, for local system |
dm_register_dataobject_presigned | Register a new file with metadata. | Up to 2 GB (recommendation) from local system | No |
dm_register_dataobject_multipart | Register a new file with metadata. | Up to 2 TB from local system | No |
Footnote 1: In the Metadata Extraction column, a "Yes" indicates you can extract metadata from the header of TIFF or BMP image files.
