Action Description
The "Set metafile expired" action allows you to set the number of hours after which a metafile will expire. The expiry time allows us to, for example, automatically check for expired assets and delete them from the system.
The T-workflow will manage the expiry time for all metafiles matching the cloud devices and codecs set in this action.
Action Parameters
To create this action, complete the following data:
General info
Name - Enter a self-descriptive name for the action (e.g. Set metafile expired after 24 hours)
Hours due - Specify the maximum limit for accessing the metafile. Once this time has elapsed (starting from the execution of the T-workflow action), the metafile will be set as "expired", thus enabling "check metafile expired" actions to prevent their use/modification.
Selection mode - Indicate how to select the file to be set as "expired". Available methods include:
Current metafile* - The device and codec to be matched will be retrieved from the "current metafile" set as a reference for the T-workflow instance.
Selected device/codec - The device and codec to be matched will be retrieved from the parameters set below.
* The "current metafile" of a T-workflow can be either set by a "set current metafile" action or inherited from a parent T-workflow (in case the T-workflow was triggered from within another).
Select device - In case the selection mode is "select device/codec", specify here the meta device (s) (e.g. Omneon01) to which the expiry will be related.
NB: The selected cloud device must have at least one configured path.
Select codec - In case the selection mode is "select device/codec", specify here the codec(s) (e.g. MOV) to which the expiry will be related.
Depending on the success of the requested operation, one of the following results will be returned by the action:
Ok (expiry successfully set)
no (no matching metafile was found)
How to use it
To set an expiry period for a metafile (e.g. WMV files stored on the proxy archive), for example, from the Media Library module, it is first required to include the "Set metafile expired" action into a T-workflow using the T-Workflow Designer.