Create Metadata
This button opens a pop-up menu where the user can create a new column and manually fill it. You can name the column and select the data type:
- Text: Also known as categorical variables. This assigns a "type" or category to a spectrum, enabling classification tasks.
- Number: Also known as continuous variables. This assigns a "level" or numeric value to a spectrum, enabling regression tasks.
![create metadata pop-up menu](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fspectra-table%2Fcreate_metadata_popup.png&w=1080&q=75)
Once the Metadata Column is created, you can easily fill the cells using your keyboard. The type of data will be shown next to header of column.
![column type header icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fspectra-table%2Fcolumn_type.png&w=828&q=75)