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Daniel F
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3 years ago
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Unable to see custom Properties after setting them

Hi I  need to some to figure this out,   I cant seem to see the properties that i 've set on a document I uploaded (I've got the following DONE - Basic Account setup, Scoped App setup, refresh tok...
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tahsini
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3 years ago

File properties that are set are not viewable on the Dropbox UI, they can however be accessed by doing a metadata call on the file itself. By calling files/get_metadata and setting include_property_groups to a valid list of template_ids you it will return the properties you have set for the provided template_ids.

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    Daniel F
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback,

     

    so let me ask the question a different way, what options do I have to save "custom" properties/attributes or metadata in Dropbox against a file so that end users can see those values ?

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        Daniel F
        Explorer | Level 3
        3 years ago

        Last comment, while I understand tags can help, ideally properties are key/value pairs and tags don't help with convey that information 

         

        the key question now is "when" will dropbox enable the viewing of custom metadata properties on the properties pane like the 3 or 4 existing properties appear.

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