Usernames for standard users no longer contains spaces

When making a new installation of the DC, the standard users no longer contains spaces. Note however, if you're updating your way to 4.9.0, your users will not change.

The following user names have changed:

• Super Administrator → SuperAdministrator
• Content Creator → ContentCreator
• Light User → LightUser
• Collection Template → CollectionTemplate
• DAM Guest → DAMGuest

Support for multi-page and forms-based PDFs

DAM Center now supports multi-page PDF's as well as PDF's with form content.

How to access it

Upload a multi-page PDF or a PDF with forms content and observe that previews are now created correct.

New API methods for cropping

DAM Center now has a new API methods for cropping.
These methods can either save the crop as a new asset, replace an existing (new version) or send the crop in an email.

How to access it

Inspect the specific JobService API documentation for:

• CropImageAssetToNewAsset.
• CropImageToEmailRecipient.

Obsolete event: MediaTranscodeProxyDestination Updated

As part of the ongoing work to improve the underlying datalayer, a digimonitor event has been deemed obsolete and removed. The event was "MediaTranscodeProxyDestination Updated". When in need of a workflow that should trigger when media transcodes are done use "Asset ProfilePublished".

Ability to search for less than three characters in Config Manager

ConfigManager's combo boxes will now search from the first typed character.

How to access it

1. Go to the System tools
2. Choose your product version
3. Select a drop-down with a text field, you can input text in
4. Type a single charachter

Upload metadata overwrite/keep options (versioning) is now more explanatory

Mainly label changes.

How to access it

Upload an asset with a name that already exists.

Upload "Replace with" option now has a default value

The default value of the drop-down was previously empty.

How to access it

Re-upload an existing asset.  The drop-down(s) are located in the column with the header "Replace with".

The license holder serial number is now visible from within the DAM Center

How to access it

Go to the License area in System tools.

Search editor: Confirmation required when deleting an entire row

When a user decides to delete a row, which represents more than one element, they are now asked if they are sure.

It was introduced because deleting a row may have unintended consequences.

How to access it

1. Go to the System tools
2. Expand the Config Manager tree
3. Select your product version
4. Select the "Searches" tab
5. Select your search
6. Delete a row representing more than one element

Database ConnectionStrings moved from Registry to main site Web.Config 

Database ConnectionStrings are now stored the standard way, using the the main Web.Config, and DigiMonitor App.Config files.

Search Editor: Return type URL is now available

The return type "URL" has been added to the Search2 UI.

The "URL" return type helps clients to determine how a part of a search's result should be displayed. Adding this return type to a an Output element will make the Media Manager display it as a clickable link.

How to access it

1. Go to the System tools
2. Expand the Config Manager tree
3. Select your product version
4. Select the "Searches" tab
5. Select your search
6. Go to the Output tab
7. Select an element
8. Add the new return type

Missing logging in DAM Center's Installer

All installer exceptions are now logged to a log file. This greatly helps figuring out what is wrong if the installer does not work as expected.

Emails are now unique

The DAM Center now prevents you from adding the same email to multiple users.

How to access it

1. Go to the System tools
2. Expand Users and groups
3. Expand Users
4. Select a user group
5. Add an email to a user
6. Add the same email to another user

Config Manager: Possible to add more than one label at a time.

You can now add more than one label before pressing Save.

How to access it

1. Go to the System tools
2. Expand the Config Manager tree
3. Select your product version
4. Select the "Labels" tab
5. Select a folder
6. Add multiple labels before saving

Folders

now support names with

several special characters.

How to access it

1. Add a folder to the Catalog
2. Include "<" in the name

DigiMonitors ItemWatcher now supports replace logic for metafield value lookup.

How to access it

1. Go to "System Tools → Workflow" in DAM.
2. Edit a workflow.
3. The value of "Process for this metadata field" can now be a replace tag.