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linvanchene

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kitakoredaz

I think you know more than me about meta-data, and CMS, but My understanding is ,,,

1 every assets data which you customized in daz studio , auto recorded in current database.

2 about all assets data may need to export as meta-data files in runtime folda, and keep them,
to re-write all data for new clean database.

3 there are three type meta-data which user exprot to runtime. (or installed by DIM)

a). DAZ official product meta-data , (not only orginal. about product meta-data you editted and exported it as same as original, too)
b) User original product meta-data (set and export , which is different from daz official,, or your original named )
c) original user-data which have not exported as product meta-data still.

I think,,, the most cirtical case is,
you edit official product meta-data in content library, product gorup.
keeping check on the option,, after you edit,, and accept,,
the editted product data exported to your runtime/support
as DAZ original product meta-data.

About this case,, your customize are saved as daz product meta-data not user data.
If you keep the editted DAZ product data , and re- import it,,
your customize should be shown without User Data.

but if you use DIM to install your all contents to new PC directory,
its auto install official product-meta data to your new runtime/support directory,
(as you know, many product meta data have mistake or no categorized
Admin say,, it may be corrected when up-date,, or vendor think so)

after that how you import again these DAZ original product data,, your all work have gone away.

about b) you only need to re-import your original named product meta-data.
about this case,, there is no problem. just need delete DAZ original
if you have two product meta-data about same product.

about c) the customize which not exported as product data, should be recorded
as User customized assets only.

About many case,, I think there are two meta-data files about same Assets
in your runtime/support

One is product meta data file.
which included the Assets. it may not record your customize category.

The other one is User data which included the Assets.
and record your original category which assigned to the Assets.

if the both different data are imported from your support folda,
and record the asset data in local database,, it may cause problem

So that there is option,, User data overwrite Product data , or not.
you may need to choose the option, when you import all meta-data with user data,
to new database.

I simply believe it must work but not tried., and not hope to make and overwrite by User data.
I like to keep all data as right product data,,,
( to be shown in product pane of smart contents too , I sometimes gather many files I saved as one products often,,
then export it my product scene data etc,,)

linvanchene

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