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Access HCL Digital Asset Management

This section provides the steps on how to access HCL Digital Asset Management and use it as a central platform to store and include rich media assets. Using the HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Digital Asset Management features, users can upload, browse, and search for media files, edit images and metadata, and manage collections and media access,


Prerequisite

HCL Digital Asset Management should be installed and configured to HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Container Release Update CF_181 and higher. See the Install the HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container components topic for instructions.


Access HCL Digital Asset Management from Practitioner Studio

Follow these steps to access HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management from the Practitioner Studio.

  1. From the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Practitioner Studio interface, select Digital Assets from the navigator as shown below.
    Figure 1. Select Digital Assets from the Practitioner Studio navigator

    The HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management can also be accessed from the Practitioner Studio Digital Assets tile.

  2. The HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management user interface is shown. The HCL Digital Asset Management features are displayed on the top bar of the page.
    Figure 2. HCL Digital Asset Management user interface


Access HCL Digital Asset Management from Content Composer

Content authors can access Digital Asset Management media items when creating content in Content Composer, or Web Content Manager, working with content templates that include image elements. Follow these steps in this example to HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management media items when creating web content in Content Composer.

  1. From the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Practitioner Studio interface, select Web Content then Content Composer from the navigator.
    Figure 3. Select Web Content from the Practitioner Studio navigator

  2. Select a content template with the Image element configured to it, Furniture Gallery, in this example.
    Figure 4. Selecting a Web Content template with the Image element

    Options are presented in the template Image element to drag and drop an image to the page or access Digital Asset Management (DAM) media items.

    Figure 5. Drag and drop or select DAM assets to add to web content

  3. Select the Digital Asset Management source then view the Collections you have access to. From the available Collection media items, select the item to add to the content page.
    Figure 6. Selecting the media asset from the DAM collection to insert to the web content item

  4. Select the Access icon to assign levels for other users to access media items stored within the Collection.

  5. Complete the remaining elements in the Content item template as required and click Save . Select a Location of your Digital Experience site to present the content item, including the media asset from your Digital Asset Management repository.


HCL WebSphere Portal Solution Feedback

HCL WebSphere Portal is interested in your experience and feedback working with HCL Digital Experience 9.5 release software. To offer comments or issues on your findings, please access the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Feedback Reporting application.

Parent topic: HCL Digital Asset Management