Thursday, June 28, 2018
AEM 62 Add Multifield to Assets Metadata Schema Editor
AEM 62 Add Multifield to Assets Metadata Schema Editor
Goal
This post is a no-code simple hack method to add multifield (with pathbrowser) to metadata schema editor
Package Install
Solution
1) To add a metadata field to the image/jpeg editor; access jpeg metadata schema editor
http://localhost:4502/mnt/overlay/dam/gui/content/metadataschemaeditor/schemadetails.html/default/image/jpeg?formPath=/conf/global/settings/dam/adminui-extension/metadataschema
2) Drag a Text Field with label Related Images mapping to the property ./jcr:content/metadata/relatedImages in new tab, here EAEM
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXmXdD7izf8rBc396z_RVEiJ91OBMDc-nqapZiPOCBquCdhg1HZ0q4yUy_V92ItwypZb93VccWqS62l4HpOczHLueyJK1Zv2AjeN_RHwBxstfLFw36QeA51yfFTD8Z5dRPEHWFIoYNQ/s640/213+-+schema+editor.png)
3) Saved in CRX eg. /conf/global/settings/dam/adminui-extension/metadataschema/default/image/jpeg/items/tabs/items/tab4/items/col1/items/1474558552884
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaQXxIfg9zT9-7jr7qJiIj3NOQifUAZidAS_OpKfX4ljG15e4t0uTDuOVwwSPmXjSH2aeAuRGRZj95aSKKGdWTPWftljEYlOI7vtjb8Un4Bhh8-xDKQII4RO0DXsfblxff2ZNg0qKYg/s640/213+-+field+as+text.png)
4) Manually, change the saved metadata field to multifield (with pathbrowser) - granite/ui/components/foundation/form/multifield
<_x0031_474558552884
jcr_primaryType="nt:unstructured"
sling_resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/form/multifield"
fieldLabel="Related Images"
renderReadOnly="true">
<granite:data
jcr_primaryType="nt:unstructured"
metaType="text"/>
<field
jcr_primaryType="nt:unstructured"
sling_resourceType="granite/ui/components/coral/foundation/form/pathbrowser"
name="./jcr:content/metadata/relatedImages"/>
</_x0031_474558552884>
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQeM6qE6HDnXZA23ODrdY4vVxuF5Wy7quTNmqfH2RDQjozZI6fmsmpkOJZ6JO1c0VtfR7rMqCtgkk-sKmw_81209mmNgu73I4NT31TZB3aQgpdZziuTWgqC1HRyD9ez5vPxRpBaxd8A/s640/213+-+field+as+multifield.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMThDCIhqyA5ctAVTzDeEHlcE4W1OZpzX9MSoNbAxXRbOWSyUxLVVhichwvv4jq2QWVuIHzUsZ1K9wdSWUJ_f6_6BquyC4myqEzYt9AhDCqCUZDSPottUhZxNauYqqlvy-KQyWiO0Yw/s640/213+-+multifield+child+field.png)
4) The user can now select multiple paths saved to jpeg image metadata eg. /content/dam/geometrixx-outdoors/activities/snowboarding/PDP_1_c05.jpg/jcr:content/metadata/relatedImages
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNIScQmlAVhBYeYPbKbYjv72xudUntCbEED8U9qGX3okkN3rAmtb6qEjF8aFtf0IPdJKsJ4aKr5ygNydX9Cua82Ogg2A6TzD9uXseNact4-pzKyzjEMVjLArlWpIovJuj73YlOV-DLg/s640/213+-+select+multiples.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0H3z19iHJEx4K6bx3-O398P6rrVIJs2qQMymbcZIq8wz75B4HqYQEKl7lVEhpUBiKqKI9Z3kCi3roJfy0aBG274bVJ_wzemze4sORRofKph1n5J2HQnAqAX2Ipir02cvaqU4o14QuQ/s640/213+-+multifield+images+crx.png)