# Metadata

A metadata field name and value to specify the objects to recognize. Set this parameter to recognize objects only when the object in the database has specific metadata.

The field name and value are case-insensitive.

To include a comma or colon in the key name or value, you must enclose the key name or value in quotation marks (`"`) and escape any quotation marks that occur within the string with a backslash (`\`).

Type: | String
Default: |
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | TaskName
Example: | In the following example, Media Server recognizes an object only if the object in the database has a metadata field named "key" with the value "value": `Metadata=key:value`
See Also: | Database Identifier

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