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:
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
Go to the System tools
Choose your product version
Select a drop-down with a text field, you can input text in
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
The License area in Digizuite now display the license holder serial number
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
Go to the System tools
Expand the Config Manager tree
Select your product version
Select the "Searches" tab
Select your search
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
Go to the System tools
Expand the Config Manager tree
Select your product version
Select the "Searches" tab
Select your search
Go to the Output tab
Select an element
Add the new return type
Emails are now unique
The DAM Center now prevents you from adding the same email to multiple users.
How to access it
Go to the System tools
Expand Users and groups
Expand Users
Select a user group
Add an email to a user
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
Go to the System tools
Expand the Config Manager tree
Select your product version
Select the "Labels" tab
Select a folder
Add multiple labels before saving
DigiMonitors ItemWatcher now supports replace logic for metafield value lookup.
How to access it
Go to "System Tools → Workflow" in DAM.
Edit a workflow.
The value of "Process for this metadata field" can now be a replace tag.