The “Digital asset search” section shows the available digital assets. Using the different search functions you can search for individual or multiple digital assets. For once, there is a text search which can be used to search for full or partial terms such as file names, the file type or other meta data. Additionally, there is an advanced search that is used to search for particular search parameters. And there is the category search that can be used to search for digital assets from particular categories of the relevant digital asset structure. All the three search options can be used in combination idependently from another.
Use the search
Use the text search
In order to use the text search, proceed as follows:
- Enter a search term in the “Search term” field .
- To execute the search, click on the button
. 
Once the search was executed, all the digital assets which were captured by the search are shown in the "Digital asset list" table. - To reset the search, click on the button
.
button and the 
button you can expand resp. collapse the text search.
Use the advanced search
In order to use the advanced search, proceed as follows:
- Move the “Advanced search” toggle switch
to the 
position. - Enter the respective search parameters in the corresponding input fields or select them from the corresponding menus .
- To execute the search, click on the button
. Once the search was executed, all the digital assets which were captured by the search are shown in the "Digital asset list" table. - To reset the search, click on the button .
button and the button you can expand resp. collapse the advanced search.
Use the category search
Using the category search you can search for digital assets from a particular category of the specified digital asset structure. To do so, proceed as follows:
- Move the “Category search” toggle switch to the position.
- Possibly tick the “Include sub categories” checkbox if you want to include products from subcategories.
- In the directory structure , click on the desired category.
- To execute the search, click on the button
. Once the search was executed, all the digital assets which were captured by the search are shown in the "Digital asset list" table. - To reset the search, click on the button .
button and the button you can expand resp. collapse the advanced search.
Digital asset list
The table shows the digital assets which were captured by the search whereby the selection of digital assets might be filtered using the various search options. Here you have different column header tools that can be used to filter the selection of digital assets or to change their order of display. You can call up a detail page for individual digital assets. And you can put individual digital assets in the download shopping card from where you can later download them.
Adjust the display of digital assets
You have different options to adjust the display of digital assets:
- In order to sort the list of digital assets according to a particular parameter in an ascending order, click on the
button in the corresponding column header. - In order to switch from an ascending order to a descending order, click on the
button in the corresponding column header. - In order to switch from a descending order back to an ascending order, click on the
button in the corresponding column header. - In order to filter the list of digital assets according to a particular parameter, enter an appropriate search term in the search field of the corresponding column.
- In order to switch from a list view to a tile view, select the option “
Tile view” from the “Display” menu. Following this view changes accordingly. Using the slider you can adjust the size of the tiles. - In order to switch from a tile view to a list view, select the option “
List view” from the “Display” menu. Following this view changes accordingly. - In order to go the first page of a multi-page digital asset list, click on the
- In order to go the previous page of a multi-page digital asset list, click on the
button. - In order to go the next page of a multi-page digital asset list, click on the
button. - In order to go the last page of a multi-page digital asset list, click on the
button. - In order to change the number of digital assets shown on a single page, click on the button and select the corresponding number from the menu that appears following this.
Call up the details page for digital assets
You can call up a details page for individual digital assets. For example, here you can see a larger preview image, the individual download links: as well as the various digital asset attributes and their values:
- In order to call up the details page for a particular digital asset, click on the
button in the corresponding table row. Following this, the details page for the digital asset is called up in a new tab.
Add digital assets to the download shopping cart
You can add individual digital assets to the download shopping card from where you can later download them:
- In order to add a digital asset to the download shopping cart, click on the
button in the corresponding table row. - In order to add all the digital assets to the download shopping card, click on the
button.
FAQ
What is the digital asset search in iPIM Buy?
The digital asset search is the section that shows the available digital assets. Using the different search functions, users can search for individual or multiple digital assets. There is a text search, an advanced search, and a category search available for this.
Which criteria does the text search use to search the digital assets?
The text search can be used to search for full or partial terms such as file names, the file type, or other meta data of the digital assets.
Which property controls which parameters are available in the advanced search?
Via the property ipim.buy.search.assets.combined.attributes.link you can specify which parameters are included in the advanced search.
Which property defines which digital asset structure is shown in the category search?
Using the property ipim.buy.assettree you can define which digital asset structure is shown at this point.
Where are digital asset structures created?
Digital asset structures can be defined in the corresponding section of iPIM DAM.
Rights
The following rights are needed to use the digital asset search and the digital asset details page:
| Key | Identifier | Description |
| ipim-buy.login | iPIM Buy – Login | Login right for iPIM Buy. The right is also need to call up the module via the the corresponding card on the dashboard of the iPIM Portal |
| ipim-buy.asset.search | iPIM Buy – Asset search | Right to use the “Digital asset search” section ant to call up the details page of a digital asset |
| ipim-buy.cart.assets.add | iPIM Buy – Shopping cart – Add assets | Right to put digital assets in the shopping cart |