An Asset Handling Set affects how Cumulus deals with your assets – during the cataloging process and when accessing assets. The options of a set are not specific to any one catalog.

In the Asset Handling Sets section of the Cumulus Preferences you can define different Asset Handling Sets. When a certain set is used depends on the individual user settings defined by the user.

In the User settings of the Cumulus Preferences, each user can define one Asset Handling Set for the cataloging done in all catalogs and one Asset Handling Set for the asset access done in all catalogs. Each user can also assign different Asset Handling Sets to different catalogs (even different ones for cataloging and asset access). And each user can define to be asked for an Asset Handling Set when cataloging assets. (See “Overview: Asset Handling Sets” for details.) You can either change existing sets or create new ones – if you have the appropriate permissions for changing or creating Asset Handling Sets. There are Asset Handling Sets for individual use and Asset Handling Sets that are shared with other users. Shared sets are displayed in italics. You may have the permission to define and customize your individual sets only or may even have the permissions to edit all sets.

PRECONDITIONS: To view and modify Asset Handling Sets, you must have the appropriate permissions (Server Permissions > Asset Handling Set Permissions.)