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      Add and manage assets

      Upload and handle assets in your DAM

      You must be given explicit permission to add/manage assets.
      Managed roles having access: System admin, PIM admin, PIM write and DAM write.

      Add an asset 

      Change asset status

      Asset actions

      Asset bulk operations

      Add an asset

      To add a new asset to your DAM, do the following:

      1. Select Assets from the main navigation bar.
      2. Click the plus icon (Add new asset) in the upper right corner.
        The Add asset window is presented.
      3. Drop the relevant file into the top section or click Select file to browse for it:


        Please note: Maximum upload single file size is 128 MB. Upload as many assets as needed.

      4. Optionally specify a Name for the asset.
      5. Optionally specify a Description of the asset.
      6. Optionally select one or more pre-defined Labels. You can also create new custom labels by adding new values.
      7. Select Internal if the asset should not be available for publishing.
      8. Click Ok when you are done.

      The assets is now available in Bluestone PIM and can be assigned to products and categories. Select the asset from the grid to open its details panel.

      Tip! Please see Assets overview for detailed information about the different tabs in the details panel.

       

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      Change asset status

      Only Public assets are available in channels. Assets having status Automatic, will become available in channels (Public) when a linked product/category is published. Internal assets are not subject to publishing.

      You can easily change the status of an asset from the asset's details panel. Click the arrow in the upper left corner and select the relevant status:
       
      Asset actions
      You can access actions to be performed on a single asset, either from the 3-dots menu on the asset tile or from the asset's details panel:
      See the following sections for details.

      Add version

      Lets you add a new version of the asset. Please see Versions tab for details.
      All versions can be found in the Versions tab.

      Preview

      Opens a large preview of the current asset version.

      Download

      Lets you download the current asset version. It's also possible to download previous asset versions, please see Download asset version.

      Duplicate

      Allows you to create a copy of the asset. The text "(Cloned)" will be appended to the new asset's name. The new asset will not be linked to any product or category.

      Tip! To find newly added assets more easily, select sorting by Latest in the upper right corner.

      Copy public or static link

      Once an asset is made Public, you can copy a public or static link to the asset. A static link will always open the current (latest) version of the asset.

      Delete

      The option to delete an asset is only available if the Availability is Internal or Automatic. This means that you are not allowed to delete Public assets. 

       

      Asset bulk operations

      The bulk edit features allows you to perform the same action on a selected set of assets in one operation.
      Select the relevant assets from the grid and click the applicable bulk edit operation from the menu above the grid:
      • Add to product
        Allows you to link/unlink products to/from the selected assets.
      • Edit labels
        Allows you to add/remove labels to/from the selected assets.
      • Download
        Allows you to download the selected assets to a zip file.
      • Delete
        Allows you to delete the selected assets.

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