Organizing assets

Within Amplience assets are organized within asset stores, folders and sub folders. You create each of these organizational elements from the Organize pane in Content Hub.

On this page we'll walk you through adding and deleting asset stores and folders, and moving assets.

Adding asset stores to the Asset Library

Asset stores are used as a level of organization above folders and sub folders. For example, you may use asset stores to represent a brand or sub company.

You add asset stores using the Organize pane in Content Hub. To add a new asset store enter its name and then choose 'Asset Store' from the New menu. In our example below we are adding an asset store named 'My new brand'.

The new asset store is added to the Asset library.

Adding folders to an asset store

In the Asset Library, asset stores can be further organized into folders. This is particularly useful if you want to keep all the assets for one project together to make it easy to find. Folders are always created in the context of an asset store or another folder.

You add top level folders using the Organize pane in Content Hub. To add a new folder, select the asset store in which you want to create the folder as shown below:

Next enter the name of the folder and choose 'Folder' from the New menu. In our example below, we are adding a folder named 'clothing' to our 'My new brand' asset store.

The new 'clothing' folder is added to our 'My new brand' asset store.

Adding sub folders with Content Hub

To create a new sub folder in the Asset Library from Content Hub, select the folder in which you want to create the sub folder. In our example below we have selected the clothing folder:

Next enter the name of the sub folder and choose 'Sub Folder' from the New menu. In our example below, we are adding a sub folder named 'men' to sub divide our clothing folder.

The new 'men' sub folder is added to our 'clothing' folder.

Adding sub folders with Dynamic Content

To create a new sub folder in the Asset Library from the Dynamic Content Assets tab, right click or hover on the folder in which the subfolder is to be added and choose "Add subfolder" from the menu.

A text edit box appears allowing you to give the new folder a name. Enter the new name, and type return. In this example a new folder is created called "Women" within the "Fashion pics" folder.

Note, if you want to move, delete or rename a subfolder you must do this in Content Hub.

Deleting asset stores and asset folders

Using Content Hub you can delete asset stores and asset folders using the same method.

To delete a folder or sub folder, hover the cursor so that an 'x' icon is displayed parallel with the name of the folder you want to delete. In our example below we have chosen to delete the 'men' folder:

Next, click the 'x' icon. If there are any assets in the folder you are reminded that those assets will not be deleted. They will be grouped under the owning asset store. This is because the folder is simply used for grouping assets, not physically storing them.

Choosing 'Delete' has removed the 'men' folder and assigned the assets to the 'My new brand' asset store, as shown in the image below:

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Deleting assets