Open the upload panel
Inside a project or collection, start an upload — or simply drag files or folders onto the page. The upload panel opens with your current collection shown as the Destination.Add your files
In the upload panel you can:- Select files to pick one or more files.
- Select a directory to upload a whole folder.
- Drag and drop files or folders directly onto the panel.
Choose upload options
Whether to encrypt data in transit. Leave it on If available unless you have a specific reason to change it.
Set the file extension manually if it wasn’t detected correctly.
One asset or a bundle
When you add more than one file, you choose how they’re stored:- Separate assets (default) — each file becomes its own asset.
- Upload as bundle — all the files become a single asset with multiple files. Enable Upload as bundle and give the asset a title.
In bundle mode, the extracted metadata preview attaches the metadata from the first file only. Upload separate assets if each file needs its own extracted metadata.
Review extracted metadata
If DataErai recognizes a file’s format, it shows a metadata preview with fields read from the file. You can expand each file’s card, edit the values inline, and choose whether to attach them. See Automatic metadata extraction.Add tags and upload
Add any tags to apply to the upload, then click Upload. Progress is shown live for each file, and content is integrity-checked as it transfers. Uploads are resumable, so an interrupted transfer continues rather than starting over.Next steps
Automatic metadata extraction
How DataErai reads structured metadata from instrument files.
Move large data
High-throughput, resumable transfers with the desktop app and CLI.
Organize into collections
Group your uploads and keep them findable.
Create a metadata-first asset
Make a record now and attach files later.