If you are using the dataset id to retrieve a specific dataset and you get an error message, this means that this dataset was either never created or no longer exists. 

If you get no errors when you create a dataset but the workflow seems to not progress, please wait. There is a limit to how many workflows can run simultaneously, which means other datasets are progressing in parallel and your set is waiting in the queue to be picked up as soon as the previous one is done.

If you created a dataset and one of the workflow steps does not progress, please wait. There is a limit to how many workflows can run simultaneously, which means other datasets are progressing in parallel and your set is waiting in the queue to be picked up as soon as the previous one is done. 

If you set the harvest protocol to OAI-PMH upload, you must enter valid values for the harvest URL, metadata format, and optionally a Setspec value, which specifies set criteria for selective harvesting. If the harvest step fails for unknown reasons, please make sure you have used the correct request parameters. 

The record id is one of the variables in the URL path of the item. In the URL this is the part after “/item/” and consists of the dataset id followed by record id. Make sure to include the first forward slash, resulting in the form of  ”/dataset_id/record_id”.

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Sandbox users cannot publish their data directly to the Europeana website using this tool. The Metis Sandbox is a test environment to validate the data before sending it further to the Europeana DPS team.
If you wish to publish the content that you tested in the Sandbox, you need to follow the existing data aggregation steps.

You can only add the dataset details once. If you wish to make any changes or re-process a set, you will need to create a new dataset in the Sandbox. This also allows you to see the differences between the older version and new version of your dataset.

Ideally, a dataset name for the Sandbox should have the name of the data provider, an indicator of a version and possibly the name of the person that performed the test. The upload date and time, language and country selected are not necessary to be included in the dataset name.

For file uploads we only accept .zip files.

If a set has passed the last workflow step, it takes up to 15 minutes for previews to generate in the Metis Sandbox. If the objects are not shown yet, please wait a few more minutes.

Currently, a dataset size for the Metis Sandbox must not exceed 1,000 records. If your dataset is larger than that, you will see a warning message indicating that only the first 1,000 records will be processed.

A dataset should contain one record at minimum. This applies to all harvesting methods.