With this version there are a set of breaking changes that must be considered when upgrading from a previous verionversion.
Namespaces
The following namespaces has been removed:
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The 2 custom indexes dfs_assets_master_index and dfs_assets_web_index has been removed. The assets will be indexed in Sitecore’s default indexes Sitecore_master_index and Sitecore_web_index. You have the opportunity to create your own custom index. DFS 11.0 - Custom content search index
Pipelines
All the pipelines around synchronization has been removed. New one has been added. If you hooked into one of our synchronization pipelines, then read about the new pipelines DFS 11.0 - 6 Pipelines in DAM for Sitecore .
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The asset template at /sitecore/templates/DFS/Data/Asset has changed.
Field | Changed To | Deleted |
OriginalAssetId | DerivedFrom | |
IsPublic | x | |
Published | x | |
MetaDateStrings | DynamicMetadata | |
MetaDataTreeItems | DynamicMetadata | |
MetaDataComboValues | DynamicMetadata | |
LastPublished | x | |
CreatedDateTime | UploadDate | |
ChangedDateTime | LastModified | |
VideoLength | Duration | |
VideoWidth | Width | |
VideoHeight | Height | |
VideoFps | x | |
VideoRotation | x | |
ImageHeight | Height | |
ImageWidth | Width | |
ImageDpi | x |
Html Templates (AssetTypeOutputRoot)
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The Branches AssetTypeOutputRoot has been deleted at /sitecore/templates/Branches/DFS/AssetTypeOutputRoot
DAM Explorer
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replaced with a new UI
The Asset picker UI, DAM Explorer has been removed and replaced with a new UI. Now we load an embedded asset picker from Digizuite in an Iframe. Because of this, we have removed all the configuration items at /sitecore/system/Modules/Digizuite/MetaDataRoot0.
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The background process that ran every 1 minute which was looking for changes in Digizuite and updating the items in Sitecore, has been removed. You should use the Digizuite webhooks, listening for asset updates. DFS 11. 0 - Keeping the Silo Updated
AssetMetadata
The AssetMetadata model has changed some of its properties. DFS 11.0 - 4 Accessing metadata through API
Property | Changed To | Deleted |
CreatedDateTime | UploadDate | |
ChangedDateTime | LastModified | |
LastPublishedDateTime | x | |
Extension | FileExtension | |
VideoLength | Duration | |
VideoPreview | x | |
VideoWidth | Width | |
VideoHeight | Height | |
VideoFps | x | |
ImageWidth | Width | |
ImageHeight | Height | |
ImageDpi | x | |
ThumbSmall | x | |
Thumb | x | |
Preview | x | |
WebPreview | x | |
RawUrl | x | |
AllowReCrop | x | |
AccessKey | x |
Video playback
The html template for video has changed. Now is uses the native video tag. We also change the video streaming url. Our media handler for serving images and documents can now also stream a video asset.