We solved the metadata problem

for SharePoint users

Australian SharePoint Conference, 20-21 March 2012, Melbourne

Why people don’t like populating metadata?

Popular “strategies” that lead to poor metadata

1. Select metadata that matters only to you

2. Don’t read the entire document

3. Only fill in the required fields

4. Select the default values

5. Don’t do it at all

Not ideal

Severe problem

ConsistentAutomated

Useful

“Without high-quality metadataSharePoint is just a file share”

“I want efficient search, but I don’t want to waste

time dealing with metadata”

API-based metadata extraction

Consistent

1. Select metadata that matters only to you

2. Don’t read the entire document

3. Only fill in the required fields

4. Select the default values

5. Don’t do it at all

helps find that document

all

relevant

Analyze

Extraction of metadata as you uploadAutomated

Metadata for multiple existing docsAutomated

Metadata as you migrate

Added to SharePoint + populated metadata in 1 minute

Automated

UsefulIntegration with Managed Metadatafor immediate filtering & etc

Owen Allen

Bring SharePoint to LifeToday! 4.15, Office, BI, Stadbroke Room“…A tour of the features in SharePoint that are used on documents that are accompanied by metadata”

“Without high-quality metadataSharePoint is just a file share”

Useful

Online demo: apidemo.pingar.comFree Sandbox account: pingar.com/get-the-api

Cool live demos at Pingar’s booth

UsefulAutomatedConsistent

We solved the metadata problem

for SharePoint users