Not possible to "delete" metadata that is realtime-extracted

[kdambekalns]

When using realtime extraction, deleting e.g. the caption of an asset is not possible. The setting of caption: '${asset.Caption || iptc.Description}' will always fill in the extracted IPTC data again, when the caption has been deleted via the media management.

One possible solution could be this:

• make realtime extraction setup more fine-grained, and extract only when an asset is created
• updates would then be allowed to "remove" data
• offer a way to re-extract, e.g. using a button in the media management

Did you have that issue already, @daniellienert–and if yes, how did you solve it?

[daniellienert]

Hey @kdambekalns,
didn't had that issue yet.
Your idea could be a possible solution, but it would the not be possible to use the index command anymore as it would overwrite the data again.
What do you think about a flag to denote that data from an asset should take precedence even if empty. That could be implicitly set when an editor updates an asset or through an explicit checkbox in the UI. That flag could then be used in the mapping handle the asset correctly.