Asset Actions refer to a combination of certain functions. Asset Actions defined here can be selected when using the menu item Asset > Perform Asset Action, when emailing assets and in the Collection Basket.
Header (1 - 7)
1 Displays the selected Asset Action.
2 Opens a list of available Asset Actions for selection. Shared Actions are displayed in italics.
3 Opens the Properties dialog for the selected Asset Action – providing two tabs. On the Description tab you may enter or modify language-specific display names and descriptions. The Sharing tab allows you to define whether you want to share the Asset Action with others. Additionally you may restrict the usage to specific users or roles.
4 Opens a dialog to create a new Asset Action by copying the selected one.
5 Opens a dialog to rename the selected Asset Action.
NOTE: When renaming a shared Action remember to update users’ permissions for this Action.
6 Deletes the selected Asset Action.
7 Sets the selected Asset Action as default.
General Tab (8 - 17)
File Formats
8 If activated, the asset action will be applied only to assets that match the file type(s) specified in the file formats list below. – If this option is not activated, the following items (9 - 13) do not apply.
9 List of file types that are handled by the asset action.
10 Opens a dialog to select more file types to add them to the list.
11 Removes the selected file type(s) from the list.
12 Defines what happens if the asset action is executed on assets that don’t match one of the file types defined in the list above.
13 Select from the following options:
• Treat as error – Executing the asset action on an asset that does not match a specified file type, or on a collections of assets containing non-matching items, aborts the asset action.
NOTE: This setting is interpreted differently by different clients. The Cumulus Desktop Client always offers the asset action, even for non- matching assets or collections that contain non-matching assets. Executing the asset action, however, results in en error. The Cumulus Web Client and Cumulus Sites do not offer the asset action for non- matching assets or collections that contain non-matching assets.
• Skip erroneous asset – Trying to execute the asset action on a collections of assets containing non-matching items, results in skipping the non-matching assets, while the asset action is properly executed on assets with matching file types.
• Skip processors only – Assets with non-matching file types are no processed, but downloaded (and packed, if applicable) anyway.
• Skip processors and packers – Assets with non-matching file types are neither processed nor packed, but downloaded anyway.
On Error
Defines what happens if an error occurs during the execution of an asset action (e.g., due to a mis-configured asset processor or a wrong sequences of asset processors, etc):
14 If an error occurs, the whole asset action is aborted.
15 If an error occurs, the erroneous asset is skipped, but the asset action is continued.
Additional Properties
16 Enables selecting a special Asset Handling Set to be used with the Action. If not enabled, the Asset Handling Set will be used that is defined in the User Settings of the user who uses the Action.
17 Displays the selected Asset Handling Set.
IMPORTANT! Make sure that the selected Asset Handling Set is available for those users you want to use the action and that it correctly supports the modules chosen for the Action.
18 Opens a list of available Asset Handling Sets for selection.
Delivering
19 Displays the selected delivering module.
20 Opens a list of available delivering modules for selection. If you select the URL AssetStore, the resulting file(s) will be uploaded to FTP (and HTTP). To determine the URL, click Properties (19.)
21 Opens a window to set parameters for the selected delivering module when used with the Action.
NOTE: If the Delivery module is the File System AssetStore, You can have the asset that derives from an Asset Action cataloged automatically. Note that the new asset can be cataloged only to a catalog that is open in the current collection when the Action is performed. If no packing module is included, the new asset will be determined as a variant. To have automatic cataloging, activate the Catalog Resulting Files option in the File System Support Parameters dialog. The Settings button enables you to select a catalog as well as an Asset Handling Set for the cataloging and, with Enterprise only, a Permissions Template.
22 If checked, the delivering module will display dialogs (e.g. for choosing properties) when the action is performed.
Process Tab
Processing
1 Lists the processor(s) selected for the Action.
IMPORTANT! Make sure that the sequence of the processing modules makes sense.
2 If checked, the processor will display dialogs (e.g. for choosing properties) when the action is performed.
3 Use these buttons for ordering the sequence of the processing modules.
4 Opens a window to set the parameters for the selected processor for the action when used with the Action. (Disabled if no properties available.)
5 Opens a dialog to select the processor(s) to be added.
6 Removes the selected processor.
Packing
7 Lists the selected packing module(s).
8 If checked, the packing module will display dialogs (e.g. for choosing parameters) when the action is performed.
9 Opens a window to set parameters for the selected packing module when used with the Action.
10 Opens a list of available packing module(s) to be added.
11 Removes the selected module.
12 Opens a list of available file formats to be added to the list.
13 Removes the selected file format from the list.
14 Displays how files of formats that are not specified in the list are treated.
15 Opens a list of available options for not-listed files.
