Adding a digital asset
An asset can be a digital resource uploaded to your system, or can reference a digital resource on the Internet by providing its Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The asset can contain files of any type. For example, if the digital asset is for a book, the upload files may be the PDF file for the book’s electronic form and a JPEG image of the book's cover. If the digital asset is for a painting, the upload file may be a GIF image of that painting.
The Add Asset page allows you to create a digital asset in a selected point in the digital asset hierarchy. You can add assets one at a time, or in a batch.
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You can create an asset only if your login has an access level that allows you to create an asset. |
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When you place a large number of assets in a single directory, it takes longer for the program to display the contents of the folder in the folder list. For example, a folder that contains 10,000 assets may take around 15 seconds to display a list of 10 of the assets in the directory. If you have a directory with a large number of assets, you can improve the speed by moving the assets into sub-directories of the directory. |
The following procedure describes how to add a single asset to your system. For more information about adding assets in a batch, see Importing and exporting assets.
To add an asset
- Log in to the Admin console.
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Choose Assets from the navigation pane.
The Assets page displays. The digital asset hierarchy appears under Directory.
- Use the Directory hierarchy to locate the directory node in which you want to create an asset. Refer to Navigating the digital asset hierarchy for information about navigating to a particular directory node.
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Choose Add Asset.
The Add Asset page displays.
- Complete the fields as needed. Refer to Fields: Add/Edit Asset for descriptions of each field on the page.
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Do one of the following:
- Choose Cancel discard changes and return to the Assets page.
- Choose Add Resources to create the asset and go to the Manage Resources page to add files to the new asset. For more information on adding files to an asset, see Adding an asset resource.
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Choose Finish to save the asset and return to the Assets page.
The new asset displays as a child asset of the directory node you selected in the Directory hierarchy.