Working with Dossiers in Content Station Aurora

A Dossier forms the basis of creating a story and is used for gathering all files that are related to the story.

Also, uploading files to Enterprise using Content Station Aurora is done from within a Dossier.

This article describes how to work with Dossiers in Content Station Aurora. The following topics are discussed:

• Creating a Dossier
• Dossier thumbnails
• Viewing modes
• Adding files to a Dossier
• Removing files from a Dossier
• Filtering files by using labels
• Changing the settings of a Dossier
• Opening all Dossiers to which a file belongs
• Adding Notes to a Dossier
• Viewing which Enterprise files are linked to a Dossier
• Bookmarking Dossiers
• Sharing a Dossier link with other users

Creating a Dossier

Step 1. Click Create new... at the top of the page.

The Create New dialog appears.

Step 2. Click the Dossier icon and click Next.

Note: You can ignore the 'Based on template' option, it is not used for Dossiers.

Step 3. Fill out all necessary details and click Create. The Dossier is created and automatically opened.

Dossier thumbnails

When viewing the search results in thumbnail view, Dossiers can be recognized by their grid design.

Figure: A Dossier in thumbnail view. It contains a layout, an article, plus 4 additional files.

When a Dossier contains files, the large preview on the left and the smaller preview in the top right of the grid show a preview of the most important files of the Dossier, such as a layout and an article.

The additional number of files that the Dossier contains is shown in the bottom right corner of the grid.

Viewing modes

A Dossier can be viewed in the following modes:

• Thumbnail view. Shows a thumbnail of each file or, when no thumbnail is available, the file icon.
• List view. Shows all files as a list.
• Story view. Shows articles as a story. For more information, see Showing a Print article as a story in Content Station Aurora.

Each mode can be accessed by clicking its button in the toolbar:

Figure: Choosing a viewing mode in a Dossier.

Adding files to a Dossier

Adding files to a Dossier can be done in the following ways, depending on where they are stored:

• Adding files that do not yet exist in Enterprise
• Adding files that already exist in Enterprise
• Moving files from one Dossier to another Dossier
• When creating a new article, automatically add it to a Dossier
• Adding files that are stored in Elvis

Adding files that do not yet exist in Enterprise

Files that do not yet exist in Enterprise (such as files stored on your local system) can be directly uploaded to an existing Dossier. For details, see Uploading files to Enterprise in Content Station Aurora.

Adding files that already exist in Enterprise

Files that already exist in Enterprise can be added to an existing Dossier in the following way:

Step 1. Select one or more files that you want to add to an existing Dossier.

Step 2. Right-click any of the files and from the menu choose Add to Dossier.

A window appears from which you can choose the Dossier to add the files to.

Step 3. Do one of the following:

• Use the Search box to search for an existing Dossier
• Choose a Dossier from the list of recently opened Dossiers

Tip: Hover the mouse over a Dossier to see to its Status, Brand, and Issue.

Step 4. Add the file by doing one of the following:

• Double-clicking the Dossier name
• Selecting the Dossier and clicking Add to Dossier.

Moving files from one Dossier to another Dossier

When you come across a file in a Dossier that should actually be part of another Dossier, it can be moved in the following way:

Step 1. In the Dossier, select one or more files that you want to move to another Dossier.

Step 2. Right-click any of the files and from the menu choose Move to other Dossier.

A window appears from which you can choose the Dossier to move the files to.

Step 3. Do one of the following:

• Use the Search box to search for an existing Dossier
• Choose a Dossier from the list of recently opened Dossiers

Tip: Hover the mouse over a Dossier to see to its Status, Brand, and Issue.

Step 4. Move the file by doing one of the following:

• Double-clicking the Dossier name
• Selecting the Dossier and clicking Move to Dossier.

When creating a new article, automatically add it to a Dossier

When creating a new article, it can be quickly added to a new Dossier or to an existing Dossier. This is done through the Dossier field in the Create New Article window.

Use the field in the following ways:

• Choose New Dossier to create a Dossier with the same name as the article and to automatically add the article to that Dossier.
• Choose an existing Dossier to add the article to it (type any part of the name to quickly find a Dossier).
• Leave the field blank to not add the article to a Dossier.

Adding files that are stored in Elvis

When Elvis is integrated in Enterprise, files can be added from Elvis to a Dossier in Content Station in the following ways:

• Open the Dossier and drag the file from Elvis to the Dossier.
• When placing images on an article, drag an image from Elvis onto the Images panel or directly onto an article on the layout. During this process, the image is automatically added to the same Dossier in which the article is located.

Removing files from a Dossier

Select one or more files, right-click any of them and from the menu choose Remove from Dossier.

Changing the settings of a Dossier

Changing the settings of a Dossier, such as its name, can be done in the following ways:

• By using the Properties pane on the Search page. Select a single Dossier, make sure that the Properties pane is open by clicking its icon on the right side of the screen, and change any of the available settings.

• By opening the Dossier and clicking the name at the top of the page to change it.

• By opening the Dossier and clicking Properties at the top of the page to open the Properties window to change any of the Dossier settings.

Figure: Changing the settings of a selected Dossier by opening the Properties pane (A) and changing any of the settings (B).

Figure: Changing the properties of a Dossier within a Dossier.

Figure: The name of a Dossier can be quickly changed by clicking the name within the Dossier.

Filtering files by using labels

Info: This feature requires Content Station 11.10 or higher.

Dossiers typically contain many files whereas you may only want to work on some of those files. To filter out files that you do not want to see at that time, labels can be used.

Example: Labels could be 'Photo shoot 1', 'Photo shoot 2', 'Inspiration', 'Draft content', and so on. Imagine for instance that you need to work on images taken during the second photo shoot. To show all the files related to that photo shoot, all it takes is clicking the label that has been set up named 'Photo shoot 2'.

Figure: A Dossier in which files are filtered based on their label. Here, only those files are shown that have the label 'Photoshoot 2' assigned.

For more information, see Filtering files in a Dossier using labels.

Opening all Dossiers to which a file belongs

A quick way of opening all Dossiers to which a file belongs is by doing the following:

• Select a file outside of a Dossier, right-click it and choose Open Dossiers
• In the Publication Overview, Alt+double-click a layout (requires Content Station 11.3 or higher)

All Dossiers in which the file is added (if any) are automatically opened.

Note: When the file is added to more than 5 Dossiers, you are asked if you are sure to open that many Dossiers. This is done because opening a large number of Dossiers containing a large number of files can potentially take a long time.

Adding Notes to a Dossier

Notes can be added to a Dossier in the form of a chat box, typically as a way of conveying the content of the Dossier to other users or for discussing the content with them.

For more information about using Dossier Notes, see Working with Dossier Notes in Content Station Aurora.

Viewing which Enterprise files are linked to a Dossier

A Dossier typically contains multiple files and a file can be part of one or more Dossiers.

To see which files a Dossier contains without opening the Dossier, or to see to which Dossiers a file belongs, use the Linked Files panel.

Figure: The Linked Files panel shows to which files in Enterprise a file is linked.

For each file, the relation to the selected article is shown: 'Part of' for a Dossier that the article that is part, 'Contains' for a file that is part of a Dossier, and so on.

For more information, see Viewing to which Enterprise files a file is linked using Content Station Aurora.

Bookmarking Dossiers

When opening a Dossier, the link in the address bar of the Web browser points directly to that Dossier. For easy and quick access to it, simply create a bookmark for it in your Web browser.

Sharing a Dossier link with other users

Similar to bookmarking the link of a Dossier, you can also share the link with other users, or click on a link that you have received from someone else.

Note: Of course, the person who uses the link needs to have sufficient permissions to access the Dossier.

Document History

• 19 April 2018: Added section 'Filtering files by using labels'.