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Comment: Replaced "file system" with "local system" for HPCDATAMGM-1598.

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You can also use the CLU to create an empty collection. 

The character limit for each metadata value is 2700.

The following table compares the functionality available with each command: 

Command
Data TypeSourcePresignedMultipart
Command Allows You To File Size
Update Metadata
Metadata Extraction1

dm_register_dataobject 

(Using dm_register_dataobject and Updating Data File Metadata via the CLU)

1 file and metadataFile system (up to 10 GB),

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

NoYes, if the file is 50 MB

or

larger

Up to 10 GB from local system

Yes

Yes, for
file
local system

dm_register_dataobject_presigned 

(Using dm_register_dataobject_presigned)

1
Register a new file
and
with metadata.
File system (up
Up to 2 GB (recommendation)
)
from local system
Yes
No
NoNo

dm_register_dataobject_multipart 

(Using dm_register_dataobject_multipart)

1
Register a new file
and
with metadata
File systemYesYes, if the file is 50 MB or larger
.Up to 2 TB from local system
No
No

dm_register_collection

(Creating an Empty Collection via the CLU and Updating Collection Metadata via the CLU)

MetadataNA

Register a new collection with metadata.

or

Update metadata for an existing collection.

NA

NA
Yes
NA

dm_register_directory

(Registering Directory Contents from Your

File

Local System via the CLU)

1 collection
Register a new collection from a specified directory (including
subcollections
subdirectories and files)
and
with metadata
File
.Up to 2 TB from local systemYes
Yes, if the file is 50 MB or largerYesYes

Footnote 1: In the Metadata Extraction column, a "Yes" indicates you can extract metadata from the header of TIFF or BMP image files.