Uploading digital assets

You can upload digital asset through the Digital Assets Management page.

About this task

You can upload digital assets through FTP or from your workstation.
Navigation

Left pane > Data management > Digital Assets Management page


Procedure

Proceed as follows to upload digital asset.

Important: Currently, this feature does not support uploading files with the following formats: DOC, XLS, PPT, and PPTX.

  1. In the Digital Assets Management page, select Assets on the upper-right corner of the interface.
  2. To upload digital assets from FTP, click FTP. The Upload assets from FTP page opens.
  3. In the FTP server configuration section, specify the following fields.
    • URL - The URL to access the FTP Server.
    • Port - The port number of the FTP Server.
    • User ID - The username with upload permissions on the FTP Server.
    • Password - The password for the accessing the FTP Server.
  4. Optional: To upload digital assets from your workstation, click Local folder. Browse to the folder on your local computer, and select the digital assets. In the Upload assets from local page, select Automate linking items with upload to specify linkage file (CSV format), and click Upload.
    Note: When the digital assets are uploaded, the digital assets are copied in the /blobstore directory configured in the $TOP/etc/default/config/dam/dam.properties file. The MongoDB stores the image metadata and version information.