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I’d like to apply a metadata template from another enterprise (let’s call it Enterprise 😎 to files from my enterprise (Enterprise A). When I attempt to do so via the Box API, I receive 403 Forbidden.



I’ve tried a number of variations, to get an idea of what responses I can expect:





  • If Enterprise B doesn’t exist - 400 Bad Request, Invalid metadata scope.


  • If Enterprise B does exist but the metadata template does not - 404 Not Found, Specified Metadata Template not found.


  • If Enterprise B does exist and the metadata template does exist - 403 Forbidden.




I suspect that the user making the call needs permissions that they don’t have, but it’s not clear to me what permissions that user needs - there don’t appear to be any permissions specific to metadata.



What must I do to allow a user from Enterprise A to apply a metadata template from Enterprise B to files in Enterprise A?

Hi @Drew , welcome to the forum.



I don’t think it is possible to use a metadata template from another enterprise. There are global metadata templates that Box uses across the products like Shield for example. But I don’t see a way for 2 different enterprises to share them, short of duplicating them, of course.



Anyway, let me ask internally, I may be missing something.



Best regards


Thanks for sharing!  


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