Content management

In a content object, you can compile product information that applies to a large number of products so that you do not have to maintain this content for each product individually. For example, this could be general information about products in a certain category. A content object can consist of digital assets, texts as well as content attributes, whereby the amount of content that can be added is not limited. Content objects can be related to the desired products via the “Content Relations” app, so that they are shown on the pages of the respective products in an online shop, for example.

Search

Using the search function you can search for particular content objekts:

1. Enter a search term in the input field “Search term”.
2. Select a content object type from the “Type” menu.

• In order to carry out the search, click on the SEARCH button. Once the search is carried out, the content objects which were captured by the search are listed in the “Content list” card.
• In order to reset the search, click on the RESET button.

You can either enter a search term, select a content object type or both.

Content list

The “Content list” card either shows the content objects found by the search or the content object that was created most recently.

Sort content objects or filter their selection

You can filter the list of content objects by a search term or you can sort the list of content objects according to a particular parameter in an ascending or descending order:

• In order to filter the list of content objects by a search term, enter the search term in the search field of the appropriate column header.
• In order to sort the list of content objects according to a certain parameter in an ascending order, click on thebutton in the appropriate column header.
• In order to switch from an ascending order to a descending order, click on the button in the appropriate column header.
• In order to switch from a descending order back to an ascending order, click on the button in the appropriate column header.

Call up content objects

In order to call up a content object, proceed as follows:

• In the list, click on the content object. Following this, the according properties, digital assets, texts and content attributes are loaded into the corresponding cards where they can be edited.

Select a locale

Via the corresponding menu, you can select which data language level of the content objects is shown.

• In order to set a particular data language level, select the appropriate locale from the corresponding menu.

Most of the different cards offer an individual option to set the data language (locale).

2. Enter a name for the content object in the input field “Name”.
3. Select a content object type from the “Type” menu.

4. Possibly specify a begin of validity: 
   1. Click on the button in the "Valid from" field to call up the corresponding datepicker menu.
   2. Select a date and a time of the day.
   3. Click on "Accept" to finish this step.
5. Possibly specify an end of validity:
   1. Click on the button in the "Valid until" field to call up the corresponding datepicker menu.
   2. Select a date and a time of the day.
   3. Click on "Accept" to finish this step.

Delete content objects

In order to delete a content object, proceed as follows:

1. In the table row of the respective content object, click on the button. Following this, the button appears.
2. Click on the button to confirm the deleting of the content object which then will disappear from the list.

Content overview

The “Content overview” card the certain properties of the selected content object. Apart from the related digital assets this includes name of the content object, the content object type, the period of validity as well as a text of the selected language level (locale) as well as a list of the IDs of the related content objects.

Only texts of a specified text type are shown. The same applies to content objects. Only content objects that are related via a specified relation type are displayed.

You can call up related content objects by clicking on their ID.

Edit content object properties

Certain properties such as the content object name, the content object type, the start of validity and the end of validity are editable. In order to edit a particular content object property, proceed as follows:

1. Select the desired language level (locale) from the from the menu in the upper right corner.
2. Double-click in the field you want to edit.
3. Make the desired changes.
4. Click on the SAVE button. Following this appears a prompt dialog box.

• In order to save your changes, click on the ACCEPT button.
• In order to dismiss your changes, click on the CANCEL button.

If there are multiple digital assets assigned to the selected content object, you can toggle between the digital assets using the arrow buttons.

Texts

The “Texts” card shows the text blocks which are maintained for the selected content object.

1. Click on the ADD button in order to call up the corresponding dialog box.
2. From the “Locale” menu, select the language level of the text block.
3. From the “Text type” menu, select a text type.
4. Enter an integer value in the input field “Order”. This determines the text block’s position in a sequence of multiple text blocks.
5. Enter the desired text in the text field. Possibly use the formatting tools to format the text.

First introduced in version 5.4.3: Via the type property “ExtractTextFromHTMLForREST” it can be specified for particular text types whether the text editor handles texts as plain texts or HTML texts.

1. Select the desired language level (locale) from the from the menu in the upper right corner.
2. In the row of the respective text block, click in the field you want to edit in order to activate the editing mode.
3. Make the desired changes.
4. Click on the SAVE button. Following this, a prompt dialog box appears.

• In order to save your changes, click on the APPLY button.
• In order to dismiss your changes, click on the CANCEL button.

After activating the editing mode, the actual text is shown in a field below the text list. In order to edit the text, click on the button. Following this, a text editing area appears. Make the desired changes. Afterwards, click on the button to complete the editing.

3. Select a target locale from the corresponding menu.
4. Select a service provider from the corresponding menu.

• In order to trigger the translation, click on the ACCEPT button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The translation is now done.
• In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.

Delete text blocks

In order to delete a text block, proceed as follows:

1. From the “Locale” menu, select a language level.
2. In the row of the text block, click on the button. Following this, the button appears.
3. Click on the button to confirm the deleting of the content object.

Content Attributes

The “Content attributes” card lists all the content attributes which are related to the selected content object.

Add content attributes

In order to add a content attribute to the selected content object, proceed as follows:

1. Access the “Content attributes” menu.
2. Tick the content attribute and leave the menu. Following this, the attribute appears in the “Content attribute” card.
3. Depending on the attribute type, for example enter a value in the input field or select a value from the corresponding menu.
4. Click on the SAVE button to save your settings.

Content attributes are attributes of the attribute scope with the same name. As a part of a content object they can be used to depict general product information. Content attributes can be created and configured in the “Attributes” section of “iPIM CC”.

Edit content attributes

In order to edit a particular content attribute, proceed as follows:

1. Click on the value field of the respective content attribute.
2. Make the desired changes.
3. Click on the SAVE button to save your changes.

Via the corresponding drop-down menu you can switch between different locales, for example in order to edit the attribute values on the different languages levels of a localized attribute.

Translate content attributs

First introduced in version 5.4.3: You can translate the values of localized string attributes using external services such as Google and DeepL . In order to do so, proceed as follows:

1. Click on the TRANSLATE button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
2. Select a target locale from the corresponding menu.
3. Select a service provider from the corresponding menu.

• In order to trigger the translation, click on the ACCEPT button. If the process was successful, a corresponding message will appear. The translation is now done.
• In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.

The translation affects all the shown attributes. You cannot select individual attributes.

Remove content attributes

In order to remove a content attribute without discarding its attribute value, proceed as follows:

• In the row of the content attribute, click on the button. Following this, the content attribute vanishes from the list.

If you add a removed content attribute again at a later point in time, it has its original attribute value again.

Delete content attributes

In order to delete a content attribute and in the process discard its attribute value, proceed as follows:

1. In the table row of the content attribute, click on the button. Following this appears the button.
2. Click on the the button to confirm the deleting of the content attribute.

If you add a deleted content attribute again at a later point in time, you have to add a new attribute value to the content attribute.

Digital assets

The “Digital assets” card lists all the digital assets that are assigned to the selected content object. For each digital asset, in addition to a thumbnail image, the file name, order integer value and digital asset type are listed.

Using the search fields in the column headers you can narrow down the list of shown digital assets by a search term. And you can use the arrow buttons to rearrange their order.

You can only assign digital assets which are already in the system. You cannot upload new digital assets at this point.

1. In the row of the respective digital asset, click in the field you want to edit.
2. Make the desired changes.
3. Click on the SAVE button. Following this, a prompt dialog box appears.

• In order to save your changes, click on the APPLY button.
• In order to dismiss your changes, click on the CANCEL button.

Remove digital assets

In order to remove a digital asset from the selected content object, proceed as follows:

1. In the table row of the digital asset, click on the button. Following this appears the button.
2. Click on the the button to confirm the removing of the digital asset.

Relations

The “Relations” card shows a list of the content objects that are related to the selected content object. For each related content object you can see the ID, the name, the content object type, the integer value that determines the position within the sequence of content objects, the content relation type as well as the direction of the relation. At this point you can create new content object relations, you can edit different properties of content object relations and you can delete content object relations.

Using the search fields in the column headers you can narrow down the list of shown content objects by a search term. And you can use the arrow buttons to rearrange their order.

1. Click on the ADD button to call up the corresponding dialog box.
2. Call up the content object you want to related to the selected content object:
   1. Enter a search term in the “Search term” field and/or select a content type from the “Type” menu.
   2. Click on the SEARCH button to carry out the search. Afterwards, all content objects captured by the search are listed in the “Content list” card.

Edit content object relations

In order to edit the order integer value, the content relation type or the direction of a content object relation, proceed as follows:

1. In the row of the respective content object relation, click in the field you want to edit.
2. Make the desired changes.
3. Click on the SAVE button. Following this, a prompt dialog box appears.

• In order to save your changes, click on the APPLY button.
• In order to dismiss your changes, click on the CANCEL button.

Delete content object relations

To dissolve an existing content object relation, proceed as follows:

1. In the table row of the related content object, click on the button. Following this appears the button.
2. Click on the the button to confirm the dissolving of the content object relation.

Rights

The identifier of rights are not shown correctly here as hyphens are shown as half square dashs. In order to search for a particular right in iPIM CC, copy the key to the clipboard and search for the key.