Add an asset to an item

Assets are electronic media objects that you associate with items, categories, attributes, and attribute values. Asset types include images, video, audio, and text files.

About this task

You must specify the content location for each of the assets. Typically, assets are digitally-based objects that reside on external systems. For example, you can assign an image file to a category that is available from an online catalog so that online customers can view an image that represents this category. In such a scenario, you must provide a content location for the image file. Content location is the path that identifies the location of the image file.

You can add an asset to an item from the Assets screen.

To add an asset to an item:

1. Navigate to the Primary Information screen. To navigate to the Primary Information screen, perform the following steps:
   1. Log in to Sterling™ Business Center as an Item Administrator.
   2. The application home page is displayed. Click the Products tab.
   3. From the Products home page, click Find Item in the Catalog dashlet.
   4. From the Item Search screen that is displayed, enter the search criteria, and then click Search to view a list of all the available items. Alternatively, use either the Basic Search or the Advanced Search option to narrow down the list of items displayed.
   5. In the Items panel that is displayed, click the Item ID hyperlink. Alternatively, double-click the row containing the Item ID.

      The Primary Information screen is displayed.

2. In the Related Tasks panel, click Manage Assets.
3. In the Assets panel that is displayed, click Add.
4. The Asset Detail dialog box is displayed. Perform the following steps:
   1. In the Asset ID* box, enter a unique identifier (ID) for the asset.
   2. In the Short Description* box, enter a brief description of the asset.
   3. In the Long Description box, enter a detailed description of the asset.
   4. From the Server drop-down list, select the server on which this asset type is located. The drop-down list is either populated by all the available server locations, or the codes that are configured in the Applications Manager.
   5. From the Type drop-down list, select the asset type. If the selected asset type pertains to an image, the preview of the corresponding image is displayed in the Assets panel after the server and the filename have been specified.
   6. In the File box, enter the name of the file.
   7. Click Save.

      Note: * indicates that the field is mandatory.

      The asset is added to the item.