Filename Suffix field
The Filename Suffix field removes a common suffix from image file names when using the Import & Link Images tool to link the images to object accession numbers or System IDs.
How this field works
This field is available in the Import & Link Images tool. You can check for certain patterns in the suffix. For example, you may have named your images after the accession number, with an added alphabetic suffix to distinguish multiple images of the same object (such as _a and _b). If your added suffix follows a predictable pattern, you can use certain wildcard characters, rather than having to go through specifying each literal value in the sequence.
To indicate the use of a wildcard, put an asterisk ('*') at the beginning of your suffix value.
Wildcard patterns
| Pattern | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nA |
Use n to specify a number of Alpha characters as the match pattern. Alpha characters include a to z in both capital and lower case. |
| nN | Use n to specify a number of Numeric characters as the match pattern. Numeric characters include 0 to 9. |
| nX | Use n to specify a number of characters of any type as the match pattern. |
| 'text' | Use single quotes around a piece of text to specify that this exact literal value should be matched. |
In all cases zero ('0') may be used as the n value to indicate any number of characters.
Suffix examples
| Suffix examples | Filename suffix |
|---|---|
|
*'-'1A |
|
*'-'0A |
|
*'-'0A |
|
*'-'0A'_cover' |
|
*'_'0X |
