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An asset doesn’t need files to exist. You can create a record first — with a title, description, and tags — and attach content later. This is useful for planned experiments, lab-notebook-style entries, or importing metadata ahead of the data itself.

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Create the asset

1

Open the create asset dialog

Inside a project or collection, click New asset in the toolbar.
Dataerai project toolbar with the New asset action

The project toolbar — New asset.

2

Add details

Enter a Name, an optional Description, and any Tags (comma-separated). No files are uploaded here.
Dataerai Create asset dialog for a metadata-first asset

The Create asset dialog — name, description, and tags, with no files attached yet.

3

Create

Click Create. The asset now exists as a placeholder, ready for content.

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Attach content later

When the data is ready, attach it to the asset:
  • From the asset, upload its content, or
  • Drag files into the collection the asset lives in.
Attaching content uses the same flow as a normal browser upload, including metadata extraction.
An asset holds a single set of content. Attach files once the data exists; until then the asset carries only its metadata.

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Next steps

Upload in the browser

Attach files and review extracted metadata.

Assets & content

How metadata, content, notes, and relationships fit together.