You must select the mapping direction first.
Data is always written to XMP even when writeback is disabled. The moment you To enable XMP mapping writeback for the original file you must create a copy of the original using “copyFormat” and apply the XMP values will always be written from Picturepark mappings. Picturepark will then write XMP to the file on download. Original files XMP values can not, once overwritten, be restored.
Changes to the mapping direction of an existing XMP mapping will remove the mapped fields, so you have to cancel to keep your mapping settings.
Mappings that try to map different value formats are invalid. So if you try to map a text to a number field the value is not mapped. There will be no errors.
You cannot map to a Layer with required fields. You can only map to a Layer with no required fields configured.
You cannot make a field required on a layer that has mappings.
You cannot remove File Types or Layers that have mappings.
You cannot remove a Layer from being available for File Types when the Layer has mappings.
You cannot remove a field that has mappings.
You cannot map to a field of a Layer that is not available for any file type e.g. Layers only for Virtual Types are not supported.
XMP values are written as a background task periodically. You might see the values not directly after import.
Supported data types: Strings, Translated strings (language needs to be specified), Tagboxes, Dates, Numbers, and Geopoints.