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title: How to connect MASV with Mimir
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# How to connect MASV with Mimir
## Integrate MASV with Mimir connected storage to collect metadata
[Mimir](https://onemimir.com/) is a video collaboration and production platform. The tool uses metadata to identify and pass along information about media files. Mimir administrators can set up forms in Mimir to collect the metadata they need for a given project or workflow. By integrating MASV with the storage location used for Mimir, you can leverage MASV metadata forms to pass along the information you need when collecting media files that will be managed with Mimir.
This page includes the following topics:
- [Workflow overview](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-connect-masv-with-mimir#overview)
- [Connect MASV with Mimir](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-connect-masv-with-mimir#connect-mimir)
- [Next steps](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-connect-masv-with-mimir#next-steps-mimir)
### Workflow overview
The workflow steps below include passing custom metadata from MASV to Mimir.
1. Connect Mimir with the eligible storage provider of your choice. For example, [Amazon S3](https://us.mjoll.no/docs/mimir-advanced/configuring-s3-storage-locations-with-mimir.html) or a storage device provider.
- **Note**: For S3, ensure you set **Sidecar parser** to **Custom JSON Mapping** (**System Settings** \> **Ingest Config**).
2. [Create a form](https://us.mjoll.no/docs/metadata/configuring-metadata-in-mimir.html) (referred to as **Type**) in Mimir to collect the metadata you want. You'll need to make note of the **Type** name for your form. MASV supports text and date field types.
3. Connect MASV to the same storage location that you use for Mimir. (Integration instructions below.), entering the Mimir form Type name in **Sidecar Options**.
4. In MASV, [create a metadata form](https://help.massive.io/en/designing-a-custom-metadata-form?hsLang=en) that mirrors your Mimir form.
5. [Create a MASV Portal](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-create-a-portal-in-masv?hsLang=en) that is [enabled for the Mimir storage integration](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-use-a-portal-to-send-files-to-integrations?hsLang=en) and that uses the MASV metadata form to pass the metadata to Mimir.
**Result?** When a contributor sends files via the MASV Portal, they are prompted to provide the required information via the MASV metadata form, which is passed along with each package in a JSON sidecar file that uses the **Mimir Sidecar Form ID** (**Type**) to map the metadata correctly.
For more information about Mimir, please visit [Mimir Support](https://onemimir.com/support).
#### Connect MASV with Mimir
When you connect MASV with Mimir, you must select the storage provider that you use for Mimir. The steps to connect vary depending on which storage provider you select.
If you don't need to collect and pass metadata from MASV to Mimir, you do not need to enter the sidecar information.
#### To connect MASV with Mimir
1. In the **MASV Web App**, as a Team Owner or Admin ([role](https://help.massive.io/en/what-are-the-permissions-for-owner-admins-and-members-of-your-team?hsLang=en)), from the sidebar on the left, select **Integrations**.
2. On the **Integrations** page, select the **Available Integrations** tab.
3. In the **Asset management & collaboration** area, select **Mimir**.
4. In the **Add Integration** window, select the storage provider that you use for Mimir.
5. Follow the same instructions you would for other [MASV Amazon S3 integrations](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-connect-to-aws-s3-bucket?hsLang=en) or [Storage Device integrations](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-connect-a-storage-device-in-masv?hsLang=en), using the following guidance:
1. **Transfer Direction**: Select **Save to storage**.
2. Ensure that you set the storage path to the same location that you use for Mimir.
3. To pass metadata, select **Sidecar Options**,and in the **Mimir Sidecar Form ID** box, enter the form name/ID from Mimir to ensure that the metadata you collect in the matching [MASV Custom Metadata form](https://help.massive.io/en/designing-a-custom-metadata-form?hsLang=en) is mapped correctly.
**Note**: The Mimir Sidecar Form ID you enter here is used as the default Mimir form ID. You can overwrite this ID on a per Portal basis. See [Next Steps](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-connect-masv-with-mimir#next-steps-mimir) below for information about assigning a Mimir form ID to a Portal.
### Next steps
After Mimir media storage location is integrated with MASV, you can take the next steps:
- [Create a MASV Portal](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-create-a-portal-in-masv?hsLang=en)
- [Create a MASV metadata form](https://help.massive.io/en/designing-a-custom-metadata-form?hsLang=en) : The MASV metadata form that you create and attach to the Portal as a **Custom Form** must mirror the metadata fields defined in the Mimir form.
- [Connect the integration with your MASV Portal](https://help.massive.io/en/how-to-use-a-portal-to-send-files-to-integrations?hsLang=en): For Mimir integrations, you can assign a Mimir form ID per Portal. On the **Edit Portal** page, select the **Integrations** tab. Select the edit icon in the **Settings** column, and in the **Portal Integration Settings** window, type the form ID you want in the **Mimir Sidecar Form ID** box. The form ID entered here overrides the default form ID you assign when you create the Mimir integration.
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