Metadata. A set of data that describes and gives information about other data captured within file cards in PDM has many uses. It can be displayed in configurable explorer columns for easy browsing, is searchable via quick search or custom search cards. It can be structured within a bill of materials for documenting and sharing your desired data, or simply just synchronized withdrawing border notes. However, historical or changing working practices can mean the imported data may not have wholly accurate or usable data. Using the Data Card Variable Update Tool, I will demonstrate how you can quickly apply mass updates to the files within your vault. The tool uses an Excel spreadsheet as its input, and in PDM professional. We can quickly create this by running a search. In my example, I've returned the contents of a specific folder, and the associated column set contains all the variables I wanted to validate. After clicking the open as CSV button, I could start to manipulate the text, inserting missing values and changing those that I needed to modify or correct. Once complete, I will save the edited CSV file as a standard Excel document, in this case directly into a subfolder of the data card updater application, overwriting the sample file already in there Launching the Data Code variable update tool, we first confirm that the source Excel file and the correct vault is selected. We enter or update the login credentials for a user with checkout rights on all the data that you are processing. Then set our preferred options. In my case, I'm processing files. I want to overwrite the existing version instead of creating a new version, and I want the variables to be consistent across all configurations. Once happy, I click start and the tool processed the files, noting that any errors would have been reported in the console using the same search criteria as before. I rerun the search and we can see the changes reflected in the original script, saving us lots of time on this off laborious task.