The Asset manager interface is where you configure your assets, and define the asset’s conversion funnel, including the metadata and previews to help users find and understand your asset, as well as the access settings to decide who actually gets access and how.!-->
In creating the Asset manager, we've cleaned house and reorganized where some things are found. We’ve also added a few new capabilities.
So in case you're feeling a little lost, below is a brief explanation.
Where metadata is found
Before, inside your datasets, your metadata was found under "Information." Now, your metadata is found under a new tab called Metadata.
You'll note that all assets have a basic set of metadata listed under Asset.
These are the most basic pieces of information about your asset and, as always, we encourage you to fill out your metadata. Metadata is important to help your data stay organized, to be found by who needs it, be understood, and be used!
Datasets have an additional specific set called—you guessed it—Dataset. And next to Asset and Dataset you'll find any activated custom or interoperability metadata tabs, just like before.
Also, note that you can now hide specific metadata templates and individual fields in an asset’s portal view by going to your asset’s Consumption funnel tab. See here for more information.
See here for the existing documentation about how metadata templates work, and how to add them to your datasets. The new experience is obviously slightly different, but the rest of the information there still applies!
Translations will eventually move to the Metadata tab, but for now these can still be found when you Edit content on your asset and go to the Translation tab.
A quick note about technical identifiers
If you need to change an asset’s technical ID, the experience is being harmonized across all asset types. Under Asset, first save and unpublish the asset. Then, under “Technical identifier,” click on the Edit button. Code editor pages are currently an exception, but will soon share the same experience. (Don’t forget to be careful when modifying IDs, since this can potentially break any third-party application using it, and any past embedded visualization using the asset won't work anymore.)
Reuses becomes “showcases”
Also, the reuses feature has been updated and improved. Now you can tag any asset as a "showcase."
We’ll be sharing a post soon with more information!