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This feature is dependant dependent on MM 5.5.4’s update scripts having been run.

This feature enables Media Manager users to go to any Adobe asset , created by using the CCC, and see which other assets are used within it.

We call this feature The feature will be referred to as “Asset relation“.

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Configuration

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When the Creative cloud connector - Asset linktype relation is set in the DAM Center → ConfigManager → Media Manager 5 → 5.0.0 → [Your version], then the “Asset Relation” Asset Relation feature can be used in the Creative Cloud Connector.

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You should never edit the 5.0.0’s data. Always edit a sub-version of 5.0.0.

Using the Asset Relation feature

Creative Cloud Connector

When a document is uploaded or replaced in the CCC, the inserted DAM assets inside the active document will become related to each other.

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Example 1: Upload a new document

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This The process will also be work the same way for “Upload from disk”‘Upload from disk' option.

The image below shows an Adobe document saved locally, which has yet to be uploaded to the DAM. When clicking the “New Asset” buttonselecting ‘Options’ → ‘Upload document’ → ‘New asset’, the document will be uploaded to the DAM as an InDesign asset with two asset relations: One one with the picture of a cat, and one other image of abstract waves and another with the picture image of a koalaan office.

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When the document has been uploaded, then the asset relation can be seen in the asset preview.

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Click Go into asset preview and click on the “Related assets” tab, and look in the field “CCC - ADOBE LINKS“ where they will now appear.

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‘Related assets’ tab. The assets linked in the document will now appear under ‘CCC - ADOBE LINKS’ section.

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Example 2: Replace the existing document

In the image below is a document that has been uploaded to the DAM. When clicking the “Replace existing Asset” buttonselecting ‘Options’ → ‘Upload document’ → ‘Replace asset’, the asset relation will be updated within the document.

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When the document has been replaced, then the asset relation can be seen in the asset preview.

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Then click the asset to see the related assets to the document

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Under the “Related assets” tab, the assets within the document and the asset history will be shown

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Go into asset preview and click on the ‘Related assets’ tab. The assets linked in the document will now appear updated under ‘CCC - ADOBE LINKS’ section together with the asset history.

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Example 3: See document(s) an asset is used in

The image below show shows an asset in the DAM that has been used in an a document.

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To see which document(s) the asset has been used in, go to into the asset preview

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. Click on the “Related assets” ‘Related assets’ tab, and look in see the field “CCC - ADOBE LINKS“.

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Initially it will say: “No assets in this group”. To show , a message ‘No assets found in this group’ will be displayed. To update the related assets, click the show the related assets button

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‘Show assets related to current’ button.

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The asset relation will now be updated.

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