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February 10, 2026
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Asset Metadata Export Customization with Schemas

  • February 10, 2026
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The asset export metadata tool could use more customization to make the export simpler and more efficient.

The properties to be exported dropdown only has 2 options: all and selective. The all selection exports all metadata properties. In our case, this results in 2000-3000+ columns in the excel sheet with the majority of them being blank. The selective option is not viable either because there are a couple hundred metadata properties we want included in the export which is too many to manually select.

Since both of these options are not ideal, it would be beneficial to have some kind of in-between option, to be able to select metadata properties in bulk without having to select them individually or all at once.

One solution could be to select which metadata schemas’ properties you would like exported. Also, if there was some way to save which properties were selected for a previous export, you would not have to re-select all of the properties each time time you want to export the metadata.

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giuseppebaglio
Level 10
February 10, 2026

hi ​@zachgarrett11,

If you need to do this frequently, you can install ACS AEM Commons Report Builder. It allows you to build a query in the UI, select columns, and provides a Download Report button that generates a CSV directly.

PGURUKRISHNA
Level 4
February 11, 2026

Hey ​@zachgarrett11 

  • Which AEM version you're using

  • Whether you have access to modify the asset export tool code

Vishal_Anand
Level 5
February 11, 2026

@zachgarrett11 The asset export tool needs a middle option. Right now "All" creates thousands of mostly-empty columns and "Selective" forces you to pick hundreds manually.

 

Add bulk selection (for example, choose entire metadata schemas) and support saved export presets so you can reuse a chosen set of fields — this will reduce empty columns and save time on repeat exports.