Bulk Curation in Libraries

Bulk actions have been designed to select several assets to collectively work with them, rather than several times individually, saving you time. There are two different ways to perform actions in bulk. The first is using the bulk action toolbar at the bottom of the screen, and the second is to use the editing sidebar.

When selecting assets, the bulk toolbar will appear in the bottom of the screen, showing available asset actions.

The left side of the toolbar shows the number of selected assets and allows you to either select all (up to 2,000 assets) or clear the current selection.

Using this menu, you can apply workflows or actions through the available apps for your Library.

This allows you to add the selected assets to existing collections, or create a new one.

You can move the selected assets to a project, library or folder. If you are moving assets between libraries containing different custom metadata structures, they might be overwritten. If this would be the case, a pop-up window will ask for your confirmation before the assets are moved.

The selected assets are downloaded onto your device. Keep in mind that this might take a while depending on number of assets and file size, so make sure to leave the page open.

This action deletes the selected assets. Note: As there is no possibility to recover assets after deletion, ensure you are not deleting assets accidentally.

The sidebar can be opened using the button on the right side of the toolbar, where it says Edit. The platform remembers your choice, so the sidebar will stay open or closed as you navigate through the platform.

This sidebar tab will allow you to edit basic information about the asset such as its name, description, workflow status, tags, licenses and copyright, as well as custom metadata properties.

The tags section is where you can set manual tags for the selected assets. AI-generated tags can only be managed on a single-asset basis. Purple-checked tags have been applied to all selected assets, purple tags with a plus symbol are applied to a part of your selection, and gray tags are applied to assets in the library but not the assets in your selection.

You have the option of modifying the standard settings, such as naming the creator, and licenses, and creating a lifecycle for the assets, it is also possible to set a copyright notice for multiple assets simultaneously.

Custom metadata can contain any type of extra information you need for assets in your library. These are set up in the metadata management area.

In the settings tab of the editing sidebar you can control the asset availability and targets in bulk.