This section contains example import and metadata configurations.

Use case: asset upload without metadata

Variant: Without asset replace

Import configuration

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ImportConfig>
  <LanguageId>3</LanguageId>
  <UploadDirectory>D:\Work\DAMImporter\HotFolder\AssetUploadNoMetadataNoReplace\Input</UploadDirectory>
  <FailureDirectory>D:\Work\DAMImporter\HotFolder\AssetUploadNoMetadataNoReplace\Failed</FailureDirectory>
  <DeleteEmptyDirectories>true</DeleteEmptyDirectories>
  <RunUpload>true</RunUpload>
  <ComputerName>AssetUploadNoMetadataNoReplace</ComputerName>
  <FileNameStampType>RelativePath</FileNameStampType>
  <FileNameStampMetafieldId>10148</FileNameStampMetafieldId>
  <Active>true</Active>
</ImportConfig>

Variant: With asset replace

Import configuration

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ImportConfig>
  <LanguageId>3</LanguageId>
  <UploadDirectory>D:\Work\DAMImporter\HotFolder\AssetUploadNoMetadataWithReplace\Input</UploadDirectory>
  <FailureDirectory>D:\Work\DAMImporter\HotFolder\AssetUploadNoMetadataWithReplace\Failed</FailureDirectory>
  <DeleteEmptyDirectories>true</DeleteEmptyDirectories>
  <RunUpload>true</RunUpload>
  <ComputerName>AssetUploadNoMetadataWithReplace</ComputerName>
  <FileNameStampType>RelativePath</FileNameStampType>
  <FileNameStampMetafieldId>10148</FileNameStampMetafieldId>
  <MatchSearchName>DamImporterMatchSearch</MatchSearchName>
  <MatchTokenFallbackType>RelativePath</MatchTokenFallbackType>
  <ArchiveOnReplace>true</ArchiveOnReplace>
  <Active>true</Active>
</ImportConfig>

Use case: Asset upload with metadata

Variant: Xml metadata without asset replace

Import configuration

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ImportConfig>
  <LanguageId>3</LanguageId>
  <UploadDirectory>D:\Work\DAMImporter\HotFolder\AssetUploadWithXmlMetadataNoReplace\Input</UploadDirectory>
  <FailureDirectory>D:\Work\DAMImporter\HotFolder\AssetUploadWithXmlMetadataNoReplace\Failed</FailureDirectory>
  <DeleteEmptyDirectories>true</DeleteEmptyDirectories>
  <RunUpload>true</RunUpload>
  <ComputerName>AssetUploadWithXmlMetadataNoReplace</ComputerName>
  <FileNameStampType>RelativePath</FileNameStampType>
  <FileNameStampMetafieldId>10148</FileNameStampMetafieldId>
  <RunMetadataUpdate>true</RunMetadataUpdate>
  <MetadataFileName>D:\Work\DAMImporter\HotFolder\AssetUploadWithXmlMetadataNoReplace\MetadataConfiguration.xml</MetadataFileName>
  <Culture>da-DK</Culture>
  <MetadataParser>Xml2Metadata</MetadataParser>
  <Active>true</Active>
</ImportConfig>

Documentation

DC 5.8 Example import configurations

Use case: asset upload without metadata

Variant: Without asset replace

Import configuration

Variant: With asset replace

Import configuration

Use case: Asset upload with metadata

Variant: Xml metadata without asset replace

Import configuration

Metadata configuration

Metadata example

Variant: Excel metadata with asset replace

Import configuration

Variant: Excel metadata without asset replace

Import configuration

Use case: metadata only ingest

Variant: Xml metadata without match search

Import configuration

Metadata configuration

Metadata example

Variant: Excel metadata with match search

Import configuration