Upload

Using the widget “Upload” you can upload digital assets such as image and video files. You can either upload them via drag and drop or via the file manager window. Learn more The digital assets can be store in the internal Hotfolder, iView or in other external systems. Which external systems are available is specified during the project phase and will be implemented in the program code. The system in which the current upload will be stored will be displayed under Upload system. If applicable it can be changed via the corresponding drop-down menu. Less information

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Via the corresponding buttons you can pin, unpin or collapse the widget. And you can switch to another widget:

• In order to pin the expanded widget, click on the button*.
• In order to unpin the unpinned widget, click on the button*.
• In order to collapse the expanded widget again, click on thebutton.
• In order to switch to another widget, select the respective widget from the corresponding menu.

*This button was first introduced in version 5.4.3.

1. Click on the “Digital Asset Configurations” button to unfold the configuration screen which possibly shows the most recent configuration parameters.

3. Possibly enter a description text in the input field “Digital asset description”.
4. Select a digital asset structure from the “Taxonomy” menu.
5. Click on the “iPIM classification” field to call up the category directory of the selected digital asset structure.
6. In the category directory, click on the category node to the select it.
7. In the list of attributes, possibly enter values in the table cells of the “Value” column respectively select them from the corresponding menus.

• In order to finish the process, click on the ACCEPT button. Afterwards the dialog box closes and your settings are shown in the individual fields of the configuration screen.
• In order to cancel the process, click on the CANCEL button.

Digital asset parameters can not be entered in the configuration screen. This only works in the dialog box that can be called up via the “ASSIGN” button.

Reset the upload configuration

In order to reset the upload configuration, proceed as follows:

Upload digital assets

Upload digital assets via drag and drop

In order to upload digital assets via drag and drop, proceed as follows:

1. Select an upload system from the “Upload system” menu.
2. Drag the digital assets on the drop area and drop it there. Following this, the digital asset will be uploaded.

• If the upload the was succesful, the “Done” counter will increase by one digit.
• If the upload failed, the “Error” counter will increase by one digit.

The upload indicator shows you wether the current upload is still running, the number of uploads which were succesful and the number of uploads which failed. Additionally, you can call up lists of the succesful and failed uploads by clicking on the respective buttons.

You can also upload several digital assets at the same time using drag and drop.

Upload digital assets via the file manager window

In order to upload digital assets via the file manager window, proceed as follows:

1. Select an upload system from the “Upload system” menu.
2. Click on the RESET button. Following this, the file manager window will appear.
3. Choose the a file respectively multiple files and click on the button “Open”. Then the digital asset(s) will be uploaded.
   If the upload the was succesful, the “Done” counter will increase by one digit.
   If the upload failed, the “Error” counter will increase by one digit.

• The upload indicator shows you wether the current upload is still running, the number of uploads which were succesful and the number of uploads which failed. Additionally, you can call up lists of the succesful and failed uploads by clicking on the respective buttons.
• The procedure when uploading digital assets via the file manager window can vary depending on your operationg system.

FAQ

Why can’t digital asset parameters be entered directly in the configuration screen?

Digital asset parameters cannot be entered directly in the configuration screen, as this can only be done via the dialog box, which can be opened by clicking the ASSIGN button.

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.