New with 6.1 is the concept of Asset Categoriesasset categories. An Asset Category asset category, or simply “category“, is a simple tag on an asset that allows for several advanced features related to asset management, including hiding and displaying metadata. In 6.1, the feature is still quite barebone barebones, as it lays the foundation for future improvements to the overall asset model in KeyShot Dock.
Asset Categories can be children of each other to allow for building hierarchies of categories.
Asset categories Categories can be configured by going navigating to Administration => → System => → Asset Categories:
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For each asset category, the following options can be adjusted:
Name: A language-independent name of the asset category. E.g. For example, "Product image".
Description: A language-independent description of this category. The description can include any notes or information about the category itself that might be relevant.
Parent Categorycategory: The parent of this category. All categories need require a parent. Use "Root" as the parent category if this category is meant to be independent.
Abstract: If When a category is marked as "Abstract", assets cannot be assigned directly to it.
Sealed: If When a category is sealed, it cannot have any child categories assigned to it.
Color : This is an optional (Optional): A color for the category. It is purely for display purposes and serves no functional purpose otherwise.
Under In the Labels tab, a language-specific title and description can be assigned to the asset category. This allows information about the category information to be translated in different languages for end users who might prefer another language over English. Your system needs to have multiple languages enabled to use this.
Assigning metafields
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/groups to only show up in certain categories
Metafields can be assigned to only be available for assets in show up when assets are in one or more specific categories. To do set this up, go into System => → Metadata and find the field to configure. As part of the metafield's settings, an option for "add categories to the field’s Restrict to asset categories" is now available field. The metafield will be available for all now only show up on assets assigned to either the your chosen categories here or any of their child categories of those.
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To make a metafield show up always assign it to Root. If a metafield is not |
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“restricted” to any |
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category, it will not |
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This same assignment works on metafield groupsmetagroups. Note that a metafield has to be visible from both the field itself and the group metagroup it is in. A warning will appear if you misconfigured thishave made a metafield inaccessible, but it will not prevent you from saving as this might be desired in certain instances.