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A few limits apply to the the metadata query APIs.

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Files and folders

​A metadata query will only return items (files or folders) to which the requesting user has at least previewer access.

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Enterprise vs Global templates

A metadata query only works with metadata templates that have been created by that enterprise. A query will not return results based on the content of free form key-value pairs stored in the ​global.properties template.

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Classification metadata templates

Box uses metadata templates to power its content classification. These metadata templates can not be used in metadata queries, as they will most likely run into issues regarding large results sets. More on this next. There are no immediate plans to start supporting these queries in the future.