Library Actions

Library Actions can be performed one or more Assets to complete a certain workflow, task or action.

Choosing a Library Action

First select the assets, then the ACTIONS button in the top right of library will become clickable which contains a list of available actions to perform on your selected assets. Once you have clicked the ACTIONS button, the menu will appear:

Library Actions

Available Library Actions

The following Library Actions are available to full access Admin users once the ACTION button has been clicked (Note: Regular or Light users may not see all these options in their account due to an accounts User Rights configuration)

• Favourite - See: Favourite Assets.
• Nudge - See: Nudge Asset.
• Share - See: Shared Links.
• Rename - See: Rename Assets.

• Edit Tags - Add or remove tags from all selected Assets.
• Edit Metadata - Add new metadata entries to selected Assets. If an Asset already contains the added field, it will be overwritten.
• Edit Folder - Enter in a new folder path for the selected Assets. In the input field, existing folders will appear as options, or you can type in a new path. Hit enter to add the value, or backspace to delete a nesting level.
• Edit Related - See: Related Assets.

• Edit Permissions - Modify permissions on the selected Assets.
• Edit Collections - Add or remove the selected Assets from given Collections.
• Edit Tasks - Add or remove the selected Assets from a given Task.

• Approve - See: Approvals.
• Edit Archive Date - See: Archiving Assets.
• Edit Sensitive Date - See: Sensitive Assets.
• Edit License Expiry Date - See: License Expiry Settings.
• Remove - See: Removing Assets (Note: You can contact [e-mail] to recover accidentally deleted Assets).
• Automations

  • Detect Tags - Generate automatic tags on the selected Assets.
  • Detect Faces - Runs facial recognition on selected assets.
  • Create Thumbnail Versions - Generates a 300x300 .jpeg Version with a minimal download size (~15kb). This Version is used across HIVO for small previews, such as in the Library.

  • Create Web Versions - Generated a scaled down version of the image Assets for reduced file size, down to a max width of 2048px. The dimensions will be retained.

• Export Data - See Export Data.