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If you log in to the MMT but have no provider context set, you will see the following page:
If you see this page, you should log out and contact your provider Administrator or the CMR OPS team at support@earthdata.nasa.gov to become a member of a provider group.
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Click on 'Earthdata Login', and log in to the MMT using your Earthdata Login username and password for the appropriate environment (SIT, UAT, PROD)
Change Provider
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- Click on either your login name or the arrow to the right of your login name in the upper right corner of the MMT page, and then click on Change Provider. Or, click on the name of your current provider in the dark blue badge to the right of your login name.
2. Select a new provider from the pull-down of the available providers associated with your login name.
3. If you have recently been granted access to a new provider, you may need to click on 'Refresh your available providers' so that the new provider appears on the pull-down list.
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Click on either your login name or the arrow to the right of your login name in the upper right corner of the MMT page, and then click on Logout.
Manage Collection Metadata for my provider
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1. On the 'Manage Collections' dashboard,
click on 'Create New Record'. A draft collection record will be created.
2. Begin filling in metadata fields for your draft collection record. Use the information icons (blue 'i') to get information about what fields mean and how to format their values.
3. Navigate from form to form using the Previous or Next buttons, or by choosing the next form to edit from the pull-down list at 'Save & Jump To:'. You may work on forms in any order. When you move from one form to another, your input from the previous form will be saved in your draft record.
4. Explicitly Save form input (within a session or at the end of a session) with the 'Save' button; Finish editing your draft record using the 'Done' button.
NOTE: When you are working with a draft collection record, all 'Save' and 'Done' operations update the draft record in the MMT database, not in the CMR. Your draft collection record will not be ingested into the CMR until you click on the 'Publish Draft' button in step 8 below.
5. Follow progress of your draft record on the progress panel:
The icons on the progress panel have the following meanings:
6. View an HTML rendering of your collection record on the 'preview panel':
7. Special NOTES when creating or editing a collection level record:
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Click on the 'Publish Draft' button above the progress panel on the draft record page:
9. You will then see a green banner indicating that your collection record has been successfully published to the CMR. You will also receive an email stating that your record has been published, and providing the 'concept id' (CMR identifier) for the published record. You may use that concept id to search for your record on the MMT or on the Earthdata Search Client.
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Use the 'Search Collections ' interface in the upper right corner of the MMT banner on the Manage Collections dashboard:
Find records based on a keyword
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A table of CMR collection records which match the search term will be presented (sorted by Entry Title).
To view an html representation of the metadata for any collection record in the search results table, click on the Short Name of the collection.
Find all collection records for a provider
Select a provider from the 'Select a Provider' drop-down list, and then click on 'Search Collections'.
A table of all CMR collection records for the selected provider will be presented (sorted by Entry Title).
To view an html representation of the metadata for any collection record in the search results table, click on the Short Name of the collection.
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2. At the top of the collection information page, click on 'Edit Collection Record'
3. A new draft of this record will be created in the MMT database. The MMT will display the progress panel (and html representation) for the draft record.
4. On the progress panel, click on any section to begin editing the draft record. Use the progress panel and navigation buttons described in Create a collection record in the CMR for my provider to update the metadata in the draft record.
5. When you have finished editing the draft record, publish it to the CMR by clicking on the Publish Draft button above the progress panel. This will create a new revision of the collection record in the CMR. The CMR stores up to 10 revisions of each collection record. When an 11th revision is created, the first revision is deleted, and so on. Each revision of a collection record has the same concept id as the original collection record.
Clone and edit a collection record in the CMR for my provider
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2. At the top of the collection information page, click on 'Clone Collection Record'
3. A draft of a clone of this record will be created in the MMT database. The MMT will display the progress panel (and html representation) for the draft record (the clone).
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NOTE: A prompt to enter a new short name for the clone appears in the blue bar, and the progress panel indicates that the Short Name has not yet been filled in.
4. On the progress panel, click on any section to begin editing the draft record (the clone). You must enter a new Short Name for the clone. Use the progress panel and navigation buttons described above (Create a collection record in the CMR for my provider) to update the metadata in the draft record.
5. When you have finished editing the draft record (the clone), publish it to the CMR by clicking on the Publish Draft button above the progress panel. The clone will be stored as a new collection record in the CMR, with a different concept id from the original record.
Download XML for a collection record in the CMR
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2. On the Overview tab of the collection information page, click on Metadata Download: 'Available Formats'.
3. You will see a pop-up window asking you to choose the format in which you would like to download the collection metadata.
4. Click on the format that you would like. Your browser and local machine will now prompt you through the download process.
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2. At the top of the collection information page, click on 'Delete Collection Record'.
3. You will see a pop-up message asking you to confirm the record deletion.
4. Click on Yes to delete the record. The MMT will then display a 'Collection Deleted Successfully!' message, as well as the revision history for the deleted record.
The CMR will create a final revision for the deleted record, which is called a tombstone.
5. NOTE that you can immediately restore the deleted record from one of the revisions on this Revision History table by clicking on 'Reinstate', but once you have moved to a new page on the MMT, you will no longer be able to find the deleted record to restore it.
If you restore the record from this table, you will see a new revision history, showing the deletion as one of the revisions:
Revert to a previous revision of a collection record in the CMR for my provider
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2. At the top of the collection information page, click on 'Revisions (<number of revisions>)'
3. A table of the (up to) 10 most recent revisions of the collection record will be displayed.
4. You may View previous revisions of the record by clicking on the 'View' link next to the Revision Description. After you determine which revision you want to revert to, click on 'Revert to this Revision' in the Actions column for that revision.
You will see a pop-up message asking you to confirm the action:
5. Click on Yes to revert to the selected previous revision of the record. The MMT will then display a 'Revision Created Successfully!' message, as well as the new revision history for the record.
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- On the Manage Collections dashboard, in the Bulk Updates panel on the right, click on 'Initiate a Bulk Update'.
- Search for the records you would like to update by choosing a Search Field and Search Term.
- Note that some Search Fields support wildcard searching.
- Use the '+' to further filter your search results by entering additional Search Field / Search Term combinations. All search criteria entered will be ANDed together.
- Use the '-' to remove search criteria.
- When you have entered all of your collection search criteria, click on 'Submit' to find the records for the bulk update.
A list of collections that satisfy your search criteria will be returned. Click on the checkbox beside each collection you want to select for bulk update, or click on the checkbox at the top of the table to choose all collections in the table.
Select 'Field to Update' and 'Update Type'
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For the other three metadata groups (Platform, Instrument, and Data Center), two update types are supported: Find and Remove, and Find and Update.
Enter the current value of the Field to Update (for 'Find & ...' Update Types), and select the new value from the controlled vocabulary (for Find & Replace, Find & Update, Add to Existing, Clear All & Replace).
- For update types of Find & Remove, Find & Update, and Find & Replace, enter the current (incorrect) value that you want to remove/update/replace. For example:
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2. Select the new value for the Field to Update from the controlled vocabulary (for Find & Replace, Find & Update, Add to Existing, and Clear All & Replace). For example:
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Preview your Bulk Update, and submit it.
- Click on the Preview button.
- The MMT will display a page showing the bulk update parameters you have chosen. For example,
3. Click on Submit to submit your bulk update operation.
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b. For each COMPLETE record in the Bulk Update operation (regardless of whether the record was actually updated), a new revision of the record will be created in the CMR, the Last Update date of the record will be updated in the collection metadata, and the Last Update date in the CMR database will also be updated.
View previous Bulk Update operations
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- On the Manage Collections dashboard, in the Bulk Updates panel on the right, there is a list of previous Bulk Update operations for your provider, each with a numeric identifier.
- Click on the highlighted Bulk Update summary (e.g., 'Add to Existing Science Keywords') to see the status page for that Bulk Update operation.
3. If there are more Bulk Update operations than will fit on this panel, click on the 'More' link to see a table of all Bulk Updates for your provider.
NOTE: The CMR removes Bulk Update operations from its database after 90 days.
Manage Variable Metadata for my provider
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1. On the 'Manage Variables' dashboard,
click on 'Create New Record'. A draft variable record will be created.
2. Begin filling in metadata fields for your draft variable record. Use the information icons (blue 'i') to get information about what fields mean and how to format their values.
3. Navigate from form to form using the Previous or Next buttons, or by choosing the next form to edit from the pull-down list at 'Save & Jump To:'. You may work on forms in any order. When you move from one form to another, your input from the previous form will be saved in your draft record.
4. Explicitly Save form input (within a session or at the end of a session) with the 'Save' button; Finish editing your draft record using the 'Done' button.
NOTE: When you are working with a draft variable record, all 'Save' and 'Done' operations update the draft record in the MMT database, not in the CMR, i.e., DRAFT records are not stored in the CMR. Your draft variable record will not be ingested into the CMR until you click on the 'Publish Variable Draft' button in step 7 below.
5. Follow progress of your draft record on the progress panel:
The icons on the progress panel have the following meanings:
6. View a HTML rendering of your collection record on the 'preview panel':
7. When all Required fields are complete with no validation errors (red icon) showing on the progress panel, you are ready to Publish your record to the CMR.
Click on the 'Publish Variable Draft' button above the Progress Panel on the draft record page:
8. You will see a green banner indicating that your variable record has been successfully published to the CMR. You will also receive an email stating that your record has been published, and providing the 'concept id' (CMR identifier) for the published record. You may use that concept id to search for your record on the MMT.
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Use the 'Search Variables ' interface in the upper right corner of the MMT banner:
Find records based on a keyword
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A table of CMR variable records which match the search term will be presented (sorted by Name).
To view an html representation of the metadata for any variable in the search results table, click on the Name of the variable.
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Find all variable records for a provider
Select a provider from the 'Select a Provider' drop-down list, and then click on 'Search Variables'.
A table of all CMR variable records for the selected provider will be presented (sorted by Name).
To view an html representation of the metadata for any variable record in the search results table, click on the Name of the variable in the search results table.
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- Find the variable record using the instructions above (Find and view variable records in the CMR), and click on the Name of the variable in the search results table to view the variable display page.
- At the top of the variable display page, click on 'Edit Variable Record'
3. A new draft of this record will be created in the MMT database. The MMT will display the progress panel (and html representation) for the draft record.
4. On the progress panel, click on any section to begin editing the draft record. Use the progress panel and navigation buttons described above (Create a variable record in the CMR for my provider) to update the metadata in the draft record.
5. When you have finished editing the draft record, publish it to the CMR by clicking on the 'Publish Variable Draft' button above the progress panel. This will create a new revision of the variable record in the CMR. The CMR stores up to 10 revisions of each variable record. When an 11th revision is created, the first revision is deleted, and so on. Each revision of a variable record has the same concept id as the original variable record.
Clone and edit a variable record in the CMR for my provider
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2. At the top of the variable page, click on 'Clone Variable Record'
3. A draft of a clone of this record will be created in the MMT database. The MMT will display the progress panel (and html representation) for the draft record (the clone).
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NOTE: A prompt to enter a new Name and Long Name for the clone appears in the blue bar, and the progress panel indicates that the Name and Long Name have not yet been filled in.
4. On the progress panel, click on any section to begin editing the draft record (the clone). You must enter a new Name and Long Name for the clone. Use the progress panel and navigation buttons described above (Create a variable record in the CMR for my provider) to update the metadata in the draft record.
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