diff --git a/pandora/archive/external.py b/pandora/archive/external.py
index 834b6b779..b9bce934a 100644
--- a/pandora/archive/external.py
+++ b/pandora/archive/external.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def get_info(url):
                     for k in info_keys
                     if k in i and i[k]
                 })
+                if not 'tags' in info[-1]:
+                    info[-1]['tags'] = []
                 if 'upload_date' in i:
                     info[-1]['date'] = '-'.join([i['upload_date'][:4], i['upload_date'][4:6], i['upload_date'][6:]])
     return info
diff --git a/pandora/config.padma.jsonc b/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
index 80727170a..0b55196fd 100644
--- a/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@
         {"id": "texts", "title": "Texts"},
         {"id": "embeds", "title": "Embeds"}
     ],
+    "importMetadata": {
+        "date": "{date}",
+        "topic": "{tags}",
+        "summary": "{description}",
+        "title": "{title}"
+    },
     /*
     "itemKeys" defines the metadata associated with each item. Required keys
     are "*", "id" and "title". Annotation layers can be referenced too, which
diff --git a/pandora/item/views.py b/pandora/item/views.py
index a0b83f209..970c0452b 100644
--- a/pandora/item/views.py
+++ b/pandora/item/views.py
@@ -225,15 +225,18 @@ def find(request, data):
                 clips = qs
             return [c.json(query['clip_keys'], query['clip_filter']) for c in clips]
 
+        sort_keys = {
+            'accessed', 'modified', 'timesaccessed',
+            'numberofannotations', 'numberoffiles', 'numberofdocuments'
+        }
+
         def only_p_sums(m):
             r = {}
             for p in _p:
                 if p == 'accessed':
                     r[p] = m.sort.accessed or ''
-                elif p == 'modified':
-                    r[p] = m.sort.modified
-                elif p == 'timesaccessed':
-                    r[p] = m.sort.timesaccessed
+                elif p in sort_keys:
+                    r[p] = getattr(m.sort, p)
                 else:
                     r[p] = m.json.get(p)
             if 'clip_qs' in query:
@@ -252,9 +255,7 @@ def find(request, data):
             return r
         qs = qs[query['range'][0]:query['range'][1]]
         # response['data']['items'] = [m.get_json(_p) for m in qs]
-        if filter(lambda p: p in (
-            'accessed', 'modified', 'timesaccessed', 'viewed'
-        ), _p):
+        if any(p for p in _p if p in sort_keys):
             qs = qs.select_related()
             response['data']['items'] = [only_p_sums(m) for m in qs]
         else: