NOTE: Auto-cataloging makes use of the AutoSync function. Starting with Cumulus 10.1, this function is disabled by default with new Cumulus installations for performance reasons. Canto recommends to make use of the Cumulus FileSystemCompanion or RoboFlow for watching folders and auto-cataloging assets. If for any reason you need to use the old Cumulus AutoSync function, contact Canto Professional Service or a Canto partner.
Cumulus can auto-catalog the contents of folders that are represented by folder categories in Cumulus. Any new assets saved to this folder will be cataloged periodically, depending on how often you would like this done. This feature can be customized to be performed anything from hourly to daily to weekly. It is performed on the machine you are working at.
To make use of this feature:
1. Select the Sources master category.
2. Select the category representing the folder you want to have auto-cataloged.
3. Select File > Add Assets to Catalog >Setup Auto Cataloging. OR Open the context menu by clicking the right mouse button / Control key + mouse button and select Setup Auto Cataloging.
The Auto Cataloging dialog is opened.
4. Activate the Use AutoSync on Category option.
5. Define the performance options:
• Select the Asset Handling Set for the auto-cataloging.
NOTE: You should select an Asset Handling Set with the Skip Duplicates option activated for cataloging. Otherwise all assets in the folder will be cataloged again and again with each run.
• Under Next Start, enter date and time when the function should be performed.
• Under Period, enter the regularity time interval you want the function to be performed. For example: to start it once a day enter 24:00
• Under User, enter your Cumulus Login name.
6. Click OK.
NOTE: With this version of Cumulus the Auto Cataloging feature works only for folders that were created when cataloging was performed on the same operating system you are working with. You can check this with the information in the Category Type field. A category of the type Directory Category can only be auto-cataloged when you are working under Windows. And a category of the type Directory Category Mac can only be auto-cataloged when you are working under OS X.
TIP: More Autocataloging Features
Optional features provide additional auto-cataloging options; e.g. a Cumulus Scheduler Action that enables Cumulus to check a standard POP3 email account and retrieve and automatically catalog any email it finds. For more information, see “Provided Scheduler Actions” .
the right mouse button / 
Control key + mouse button and select Setup Auto Cataloging.