Creating an Empty Collection via the CLU

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 another collection, you can create an empty collection within that existing collection. 

To create an empty collection:

1. In your file system, create a JSON file that specifies the metadata for the new collection, as follows:

   {
       "metadataEntries": [
           {
            "attribute": "project",
            "value": "my-project-name"
           },
           {
            "attribute": "collection_type",
            "value": "Folder"
           }
       ]
   }

2. Run the following command:

   dm_register_collection <description.json> <destination-path>

   The following table describes each parameter:

   Parameter	Description
   <description.json>	A path to the JSON file that specifies the metadata for the new collection.
   <destination-path>	A path within DME, including the name of the collection you intend to create. Specify where you want the system to create the new collection.

   The following command registers the metadata specified in <description.json> to the <destination-path> in DME. 

For example, the following command creates a Project_New collection within the PI_Lab1 collection and applies to that new collection the metadata in the my-collection.json file:

dm_register_collection my-collection.json /TEST_Archive/PI_Lab1/Project_New

For instructions on performing similar tasks in the GUI, refer to the following pages:

• Registering a Collection from the Register Collection Page
• Registering a Collection from the Browse Page
• Uploading Data in Bulk via the GUI