Uploading files to Swivle – Help Center

An important first step when working with Swivle is adding files to the system, such as images from a photo shoot, a document that you have created, or an entire folder that you want to manage in Swivle.

Files can be added by doing one of the following:

Clicking the Upload files button in the top right corner and browsing to the files that you want to upload.

Dragging one or more files from your system and dropping it onto a folder or Collection in the Folder browser.

Uploading files by dragging them to the Folder browser

Opening the folder or Collection in which you want to add the files and dragging a file from your system onto the content pane.

Uploading files by dragging them onto an opened folder or Collection

Supported file types

Any file type can be uploaded to Swivle. However, for commonly used types, Swivle creates thumbnails and previews. Additionally, the system extracts and embeds metadata within the files.

For a full overview of the types of files that are supported by Swivle, see File types supported by Swivle.

The upload process

After using any of the above methods, the files are automatically uploaded in the background.

While this is in progress, you can continue working with Swivle.

Note: This process has changed in December 2022. Before, an intermediate screen appeared in which additional files could be uploaded and metadata could be added to the files before they were uploaded. This screen has been removed to make the process simpler and more automated. Adding metadata is now done as a separate step after the files have been uploaded (see About metadata below).

Monitoring the upload

The upload progress can be monitored via a notification that appears in the bottom left corner and via the Uploads panel.

This panel can be accessed any time by clicking its icon in the top right corner next to the Upload files button. It shows each upload action and when it took place, the number of files that were uploaded, and the location where they were uploaded to.

Keeping track of the upload process via the notification and the Uploads panel

Canceling the upload

While an upload action is in progress, it can be canceled in the Uploads panel by clicking its red cross.

After the upload

Once the files have been uploaded, they can be quickly accessed by doing one of the following:

Clicking the notification.

Doing the following in the Uploads panel:
Clicking the name of the uploaded file or the total number of files
Clicking the name of the folder in which the files have been uploaded

The files are then shown in the search results pane from where they can be worked on further, for example by opening the Metadata panel to add metadata (see below).

When the references in the Uploads panel are not needed anymore, the content of the Uploads panel can be cleared by clicking the red cross of an upload action, or by clicking Clear completed uploads at the bottom of the panel.

About metadata

Once a file has been added to Swivle, it needs to be found again. Searching is done by using the metadata of the file: information that describes specific aspects of a file and its content. It tells you:

Who created the file
What type of file it is
Where the file is stored
When the file was created
... and much more

Metadata is extracted from the file itself, can be added using auto-tagging through artificial intelligence (AI), and can also be added manually. Consider adding tags, a status, copyright information, and so on. For more information about editing metadata, see Working with metadata in Swivle.