diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/meta/NetCDFMetadata.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/meta/NetCDFMetadata.java
index 0575f35..dd35549 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/meta/NetCDFMetadata.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataanalysis/geo/meta/NetCDFMetadata.java
@@ -294,7 +294,11 @@ public class NetCDFMetadata {
 		return temp;
 	}
 
-	public void insertMetaData() throws Exception {
+	public void insertMetaData() throws Exception{
+		insertMetaData("3", "datasets", "_none_", true);
+	}
+	
+	public void insertMetaData(String group, String category, String stylesheet, boolean  validate) throws Exception {
 
 		// layer uri: wms, wfs wcs
 		List<String> layerUris = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -470,7 +474,7 @@ public class NetCDFMetadata {
 		GNClient client = new GNClient(geonetworkUrl);
 		client.login(geonetworkUser, geonetworkPwd);
 		File tmetafile = meta2File(meta);
-		client.insertMetadata(new GNInsertConfiguration("3", "datasets", "_none_", true), tmetafile);
+		client.insertMetadata(new GNInsertConfiguration(group, category, stylesheet,validate), tmetafile);
 		tmetafile.delete();
 	
 	}