Bulk actions

In the Explore tab, actions that you can normally perform on individual items or instances can be done in bulk. This means that you can select multiple items that you can choose to apply the same action to, such as status changes, tags, and more. There are some limitations to some of the actions based on which view or project type you are in, as listed below.

Add/Remove tags

To add tags to one or multiple items:

1. When in Grid View, select multiple items by clicking their checkbox or clicking Select all.
2. On the floating bar, click Add/Remove tags.
3. Click Add tag.
4. Select a tag from the dropdown.
5. Select attributes, if applicable.
6. Click Add.

To remove tags from one or multiple items:

1. When in Grid View, select multiple items by clicking their checkbox or clicking Select all.
2. On the floating bar, click Add/Remove tags.
3. Click Remove tag.
4. In the pop-up, select the tag that you want to remove.
5. Click Remove.

Add comments

To add comments to one or multiple items/instances:

1. Select one or multiple items/instances.
2. Click Comment in the menu at the bottom of the page.
3. In the popup, type a comment.
4. Click Add Comment.

Change status

You can change the status of the item(s) that appear as a result of your query.

To change the status of one or multiple items:

1. Run a query.
2. Select one or multiple items.
3. On the floating bar, click Change Status.
4. Choose a status.
5. Click Change.

Move items

To move items in bulk:

1. Select the folder you want to move items from.
2. Select one or multiple items.
3. Click Move/Copy to Folder on the floating bar.
4. Click Move to Folder.
5. Choose the destination folder.
6. Click Move.

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About Moving

• Moving items to a different location will transfer with it the following item information: Item Status, Annotation, Assignee, Priority Score, Approval State, Pin State, Custom Metadata, and the item’s corresponding Working hours in Analytics.
• The items that you move will only retain their assignments if the assignees have access to the destination folder.
• When you move an item from one folder to another, the item's annotation time is displayed in the Analytics tab of the previous folder. Learn more.

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Limitations

• You can't move folders.
• Items with existing names will be skipped and will remain in their source folder.
• Items that exceed the folder limit won't be moved.

Copy items

To copy items in bulk:

1. Select the folder you want to move items from.
2. Select one or multiple items.
3. Click Move/Copy to Folder on the floating bar.
4. Click Copy to Folder.
5. Choose the destination folder.
6. Check the Include item data box if you want to copy the images with their item data included, as listed below (optional).
7. Click Copy.

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About Copying

When Include item data is checked, copying items to a different location will transfer with it the following item information: Item Status, Annotation, Priority Score, and Approval State.

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Limitations

• You can't copy items and folders at the same time.
• Items with existing names will be skipped.
• Items that exceed the folder limit won't be copied.

Assign items

To assign one or multiple items:

1. Select one or multiple items/instances.
2. On the floating bar, click Assign.
3. Select contributors for the roles you want to assign.
4. Click Assign.

To unassign one or multiple items:

1. Select one or multiple items/instances.
2. On the floating bar, click Assign.
3. Find the role you want to unassign.
4. In the drop-down list, select Unassigned.
5. Click Assign.

Approve/Disapprove items

To change the approval status of an item or multiple items:

1. Select one item or multiple items.
2. On the floating bar, click the Approve/Disapprove.
3. Choose the status: Approve, Disapprove, or None.
4. Click Change.

Approve/Disapprove instances (Image Project)

To approve/disapprove one or multiple instances:

1. Select one or multiple instances.
2. Click Approve/Disapprove instances.
3. Choose the approval status: Approve, Disapprove, or None.
4. In the popup, click Change.

Run pipeline

You can trigger an event from the Explore tab to run a pipeline on one or multiple items. Only pipelines that have the Fired in Explore event can be run this way.

To run a pipeline:

1. In the Explore tab, select one or multiple items.
2. On the floating bar, click the three dots ….
3. Click Run Pipeline.
4. Select an event that’s used in the pipeline you want to run.
5. Click Run.

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Limitations

• This feature is only available to Multimodal, Image, Text, and Video projects.
• This feature can only be used in Grid View and List View.
• You can only run a pipeline on 5000 items at a time.

Delete instances (Image Project)

To delete an instance or multiple instances:

1. Select one or multiple instances.
2. Click Delete.
3. In the popup, click Delete.

Set priority scores

To set the priority scores in bulk:

1. Select multiple items.
2. On the floating bar, click the three dots ....
3. Click Set Priority scores.
4. Choose a value.
5. Click Set.

Download items

You can download specific items from your project in bulk rather than download the whole project. To download specific items in a dataset:

1. Select one or multiple items.
2. On the floating bar, click the Download button.
3. You will be redirected to the Downloads tab in FineTune.
4. When the download is prepared, click the Download dataset button.