Related Asset Field

A Related Asset Field allows the user to select a related asset as a metadata value. The attributes of this asset can then be dynamically retrieved through the use of keyword replacements, used within the content of the page.

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  1. Details Screen

You can retrieve the attributes of related assets using the following keyword replacement form: 

%asset_metadata_<related_asset_field_name>_<asset_attribute>%

For example, %asset_metadata_MyRelatedAsset_asset_url% will return the URL of the asset that has been selected in the Related field.

Details Screen

The Details screen allows you to configure the settings of the Related Asset Field.

Details

This section allows you to change various details to do with the Related Asset Field. The Details section of the Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Details section of the Details screen for the Related Asset field
The Details section

The following fields are available:

  • Field Name: by default, the name that was entered when this field was created will appear in this field. You can change the name of the field by clicking into this field and entering the new name.
  • Friendly Name: enter a friendly name for the field. This will be displayed as the field name on the Metadata screen of an asset. If the name of the field is complicated or does not reflect what should be entered, you may want to enter a Friendly Name. For example, if you have named your field DC.Related, you may want the label on the Metadata screen to show Related instead.
  • Description: enter a description for the field. This will be displayed on the Metadata screen of an asset. it can be used to display instructions to your users about how to enter a sensible value into the metadata field. For example, if your field is called Related, you may wish to enter a description Please select a related asset.
  • Default: select a default asset from the Asset Map to use as the default value for this field. This will appear on the Metadata screen of an asset. A user can then override the default value for the asset.
  • Scheme: enter the industry standard scheme for this field, for example AGLS. This will be placed in the HTML source code of a page.
  • Language: enter the language for this field, for example English. This will be placed in the HTML source code of the page.
Options

This section allows you to change the options for this field. The Options section of the Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Options section of the Details screen for the Related Asset field
The Options section

The following fields are available:

  • Editable: select whether or not this field should be editable on the Metadata screen. If you have entered a default value that you do not want your users to override, you can change the option to No and the field will not be editable.
  • Required: select whether or not this field is a required field. If you select Yes, the assets that have this Metadata Schema applied to it will not be able to go Live until a value has been entered into this field.
  • Show On Frontend: select whether or not to show the field in the HTML source code of a page. The options you can select from include:  
    • Always: select this option to always show the field in the HTML source code of the page.
    • Only if Filled: select this option to only show the field in the HTML source code of a page if it has been filled in.
    • Never: select this option to never show the field in the HTML source code of a page.

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