7.7. Extracting Data On Demand

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## 7.7. Extracting Data On Demand

In some cases, automatic extraction of metadata and/or simulation details may fail after a file is uploaded. This can happen, for example, if the associated application for metadata and details report extraction that EKM uses is not defined correctly for your workspace. Once the appropriate changes have been made by your EKM administrator to the external application .xml file, or the error is otherwise corrected, you can extract the missing metadata and details report on demand.

You may also need to extract data on demand if data extraction is disabled in your Preferences. See Specifying General Preferences for more information.

To extract metadata and simulation details from a file in EKM, select the file in the file list window and then select (Edit) > Extract Data.

You can monitor the data extraction on the Data/Extraction Monitor page.

Once data has been successfully extracted, you will no longer see the warning icon next to the file in the repository.

Note:

- You can also extract data using scripts. Sample scripts can be found in the script library that ships with EKM. For details see Using Sample Scripts Supplied by EKM in the Administration Guide.

- The Extract Data action will not be available for a built-in or custom type whose type definition has data extraction disabled. For built-in types, refer to the `typeSettings` setting in Specifying Settings for Built-In or Custom Types in the Administration Guide. For custom types, refer to the `disableDataExtraction` attribute in Defining Type Attributes for a Custom Type.

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