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The Release Notes for Assets contain information about the new features, changes, fixed issues, known issues and upgrade instructions for each release of WoodWing Assets.

The versions are sorted by version number in descending order. Use the Navigation block to the right of the page to quickly navigate to the information of a released version, or filter the article by version to only show that version.

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Assets 6.83.1

Assets version: 6.83.1.383

Assets Agent version: 1.0.31.56

Release date: 21 June 2022

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-16669 Versioning: The Revert option only works when a user has Delete permission.

LVS-16699 Bookmarks: When changing the folder path of a Bookmark in the Management Console and not refreshing the Management Console, opening the Bookmark still shows the original folder path.

LVS-16737 Links panel: 'Upload and link' button is not shown for a selected file unless a folder is selected in the Folder browser.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

One way to make the PDF preview work again is to disable Assets’ sandbox mechanism. We do not recommend this though as it poses a security risk. Another way is to use a different Web browser. The preferred way is to install a Chrome extension that allows to safely preview a PDF.

Renaming a file requires both Edit Metadata and Rename permissions instead of only Rename permissions.

'Search' is shown in the Web browser tab title of the Shared Links page instead of the subject.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.82.1

Assets version: 6.82.1.381

Assets Agent version: 1.0.31.56

Release date: 2 June 2022

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

New Assets Agent version. A new version of Assets Agent has been made available which includes bug fixes and library updates.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-16659 Metadata (height, width, resolution, size, image aspect ratio) is not synchronized when replacing an image.

LVS-16671 When moving a pinned Collection, the Folder Browser does not display the correct location of the Collection.

LVS-16685 Bookmarks: When opening a Bookmark from the Management Console and switching to another Bookmark, the Filter is not updated.

LVS-16688 Filtering: When filtering on rating, changing the rating for a file to fall outside the criteria and subsequently clicking Apply in the Filter, the search results are not updated.

LVS-16690 Brand Portal: Error message appears stating that maximum number of files to add to a Basket has been reached when trying to add multiple files which include files that already exist in the Basket.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Renaming a file requires both Edit Metadata and Rename permissions instead of only Rename permissions.

'Search' is shown in the Web browser tab title of the Shared Links page instead of the subject.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.81.1

Assets version: 6.81.1.374

Assets Agent version: 1.0.30.51

Release date: 10 May 2022

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-16631 Bookmarks: When removing a metadata property from the Filter, opening a Bookmark that contains that property and refreshing the page, the property disappears from the Filter.

LVS-16651 Shared links: The full destination path is not shown when hovering over a long path on the page for creating a Shared link.

LVS-16658 Bookmarks: Changes to Thumbnail view metadata fields in existing Bookmarks are not saved.

LVS-16660 Dragging a Collection from the Pinned Collections panel to the Folder browser is not working correctly.

LVS-16668 Vulnerability analysis: Client-side prototype pollution leads to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Renaming a file requires both Edit Metadata and Rename permissions instead of only Rename permissions.

'Search' is shown in the Web browser tab title of the Shared Links page instead of the subject.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.80.1

Assets version: 6.80.1.372

Assets Agent version: 1.0.30.51

Release date: 20 April 2022

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-16385 Brand portal: File selection is lost after clicking an action, including when again clicking an action.

LVS-16424 Folder browser: Collection is not highlighted when a user without Import permissions drags a file onto a Collection.

LVS-16578 Resolution is shown as 'none' for a downloaded, uploaded and re-downloaded file in TIFF, TIF and SVG format.

LVS-16584 Shared Links: When 'Upload/Approve' is disabled, 'Notify by e-mail' is incorrectly disabled.

LVS-16612 Brand portal: When 'Remove from Basket' is clicked, selected files are not removed when they contain a Collection.

LVS-16620 Preview is not working for a file that has been reverted multiple times.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Renaming a file requires both Edit Metadata and Rename permissions instead of only Rename permissions.

'Search' is shown in the Web browser tab title of the Shared Links page instead of the subject.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.79.1

Assets version: 6.79.1.371

Assets Agent version: 1.0.30.51

Release date: 29 March 2022

New features

The following has been added in this release of Assets:

Assets Agent: support for Apple M1. Assets Agent can now also be run on Apple systems with an M1 chip.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

Search Presets have been replaced by Bookmarks. Bookmarks have replaced Search Presets as the way to save often used searches. Bookmarks can be created directly in Assets and often used Bookmarks can be pinned.

Any of the Bookmarks created by users can be shared between other users by system administrators. Such Bookmarks can be recognized by the users icon next to their name in the Bookmark menu.

Bookmarks appear in Assets in the same place as Search Presets. In the Management Console, the Search Presets tab of a user group has been replaced by a Bookmarks tab.

The Bookmarks tab in the Groups page.

For information about creating Bookmarks, see Searching for files using Assets.

For information about sharing Bookmarks, see Sharing Bookmarks in Assets .

Note about upgrading: Bookmarks replace the Search Preset feature, but existing Search Presets are not removed from the system.

When upgrading to Assets Server 6.79 and higher, Search Presets are available as Bookmarks and are still shared with the same user groups as before the upgrade.

Important to know is that the multi-folder selection that was available for Search Presets is not supported for Bookmarks. To keep it working the same, the Search Preset folder selection is rewritten to a query which returns all items of the previously selected folders.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-14497 Previews of text files are cropped.

LVS-16084 'Download failed' error when trying to download a file that has been replaced by a file in a different format.

LVS-16384 Metadata: Number of characters and words are not shown for files holding text.

LVS-16396 Plug-ins: Long plug-in name overruns the width of the plug-in dialog box.

LVS-16425 Collections: Unable to drop a Collection onto another Collection in the content panel.

LVS-16430 Studio Server integration: Pinned Dossiers incorrectly show a red dot in the top right corner.

LVS-16431 Assets Agent: Add support for Apple systems with an M1 chip.

LVS-16443 Collections: A Collection can be moved to itself under certain conditions.

LVS-16448 Shared Links: Keyboard shortcut for downloading the preview is working while downloading previews is disabled.

LVS-16449 Download presets: Files are downloaded in the defined resolution even though the option has been disabled.

LVS-16453 Replace Search presets with Bookmarks.

LVS-16471 Brand Portal: Plug-in label moves position after clicking it and the menu is displayed in the incorrect location.

LVS-16480 Linked panel: Upload button is enabled even though the Create permission is not given.

LVS-16511 Assets Agent: 'Asset Agent connected' tooltip does not disappear after connecting.

LVS-16513 Downloading: Improve the logic around downloading the original file.

LVS-16547 Metadata: IPTC Image Date Created 1970-01-01 displays as {"value":0,"formatted":"1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000"}

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Renaming a file requires both Edit Metadata and Rename permissions instead of only Rename permissions.

'Search' is shown in the Web browser tab title of the Shared Links page instead of the subject.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Searching for files using Assets - updated
Keyboard shortcuts for Assets - updated
Managing Search Presets in Assets - updated
Sharing Bookmarks in Assets - new
Compatibility of Assets Server - updated
Upgrading Assets Server - updated

Assets 6.78.1

Assets version: 6.78.1.367

Assets Agent version: 1.0.29.50

Release date: 15 February 2022

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-16088 Metadata: When entering a tag to a file and selecting another file before confirming to add the tag, the tag is added to the other file.

LVS-16141 Plug-ins: Sub-Collection is not opened when entering its ID in the Action debug plug-in.

LVS-16171 Metadata: Incorrect styling used for the Taxonomy field tooltip.

LVS-16207 Searching for files containing an umlaut in the text gives no results.

LVS-16229 Search results panel scrolls back to the top when opening any panel.

LVS-16236 Total number of files is not updated when removing files from a Collection.

LVS-16336 Error when creating a Share Request when the creator does not have 'Userzone' permissions.

LVS-16340 When hovering the mouse pointer over the boundary of the Folder browser while in the list of search suggestions, the icon incorrectly changes to a Resize icon.

LVS-16401 Scrollbar is not working as expected for metadata fields with taxonomies.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.77.1

Assets version: 6.77.1.364

Assets Agent 1.0.29.50

Release date: 25 January 2022

New features

The following has been added in this release of Assets:

Controlling when uploaded files should be available. By default, files that are manually uploaded are immediately available to other users when:
File data is uploaded and metadata has been extracted
The metadata is complete*

* Only when metadata is required to be added to one or more fields; this is controlled by the option requiredMetadataHandling=strict).

This means that even before the user who is uploading the files has clicked the Finish button (or the process automatically completes by means of the Auto Finish feature), files can already be available to other users to work on.

In some scenarios though, files need to be kept hidden from other users until the user who uploads them is absolutely sure that all files should actually be made part of the system and/or that the metadata is set correctly. This prevents other users from using incorrect files or files with incorrect data.

This can now be controlled through the following option in the cluster-config.properties.txt file:

hideFilesUntilUploadSessionComplete

By setting it to true, uploaded files are only available when the Finish button is clicked, or Auto finish is used.

For more information, see Controlling when uploaded files should be available to users in Assets .

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

Changes to downloading and previewing files in Shared Linksand Upload Requests. To improve the flexibility of sharing files and controlling the downloading of shared files, various changes have been made.

The following has changed for controlling the previewing of files when creating or editing a link or request:

When selecting the Download Original option, the Preview option is not automatically selected anymore. Instead, both options can now be used independently.

The following has changed for downloading files in a Shared Link:

When multiple versions for downloading files exist, clicking the Download button now shows a list of all these options for the user to choose from (similar to manually opening that list by clicking its icon next to the Download button). Previously, the version in the highest quality available for that user was automatically downloaded for that user.

When only one option for downloading files exist, the Download button does not contain an icon anymore for showing the list of download options.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15579 Deleted shared Collections cause faulty Shared Links.

LVS-16097 Folder browser: Folder is not shown as a suggested folder when it is part of a Rule containing wildcards.

LVS-16147 Shared Links: Disable the option to download previews.

LVS-16161 Metadata fields that are extracted only will be cleared if the asset has no data for this field on check-in.

LVS-16181 'Thumbnail cannot be generated on the fly for asset' error in log files even though thumbnail exists for the file.

LVS-16246 When searching for text in a file, the incorrect word is highlighted in the file.

LVS-16268 Metadata: When adding metadata to a file in full preview and using the arrow navigation keys, the metadata is applied to the previous or next field.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Controlling when uploaded files should be available to users in Assets - new
Setting up WoodWing Assets - updated
Processing large images in Assets Server - new
Sharing files with others using Assets - updated
Requesting a user to upload files using Assets - updated

Assets 6.76.1

Assets version: 6.76.1.360

Assets Agent 1.0.29.50

Release date: 4 January 2022

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

No issues have been fixed in this release of Assets.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.75.1

Assets version: 6.75.1.359

Assets Agent 1.0.29.50

Release date: 9 December 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-16197 Repeated searches are performed when a Collection is selected.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.74.1

Assets version: 6.74.1.357

Assets Agent 1.0.29.50

Release date: 16 November 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-14976 Studio Server integration: Outdated icons shown for 'Used in' flag.

LVS-16078 Image is rotated when replacing its XMP file.

LVS-16130 Linked panel: No checked-out icon shown when checking out a file from within the Linked panel.

LVS-16146 Digital articles are incorrectly included in a Shared Link.

LVS-16149 Content of the History panel cannot be copied.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.73.1

Assets version: 6.73.1.356

Assets Agent 1.0.29.50

Release date: 26 October 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

Internal plug-ins have been deprecated. The use of internal plug-ins has been marked as deprecated. The sample plug-ins that were shipped with Assets Server are no longer provided. Plug-ins and their functionality should now be added in one of the following ways:
Action and Panel plug-ins should be created as an external plug-in.
Scheduled and API plug-ins should be implemented as APIs, Webhooks, or via WoodWing Connect.

For more information, see this announcement.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15360 Bookmarked Filter containing a date range 'within last x days' needs to be run twice to show the correct results.

LVS-15380 Collections: Digital articles are shown in a Shared Collection.

LVS-16038 Sharing: Users with no Import Capability are able to create a Share Request.

LVS-16046 SSO: When clicking a link to a location in Assets, default link is shown when first having to log in via SSO.

LVS-16067 Search results of Folder browser are shown instead of the selected Search preset.

LVS-16071 After replacing a PDF with an image, the full preview for the image still shows the PDF navigation tools.

LVS-16087 Sharing: Incorrect number of download options shown in the Create Shared Link screen.

LVS-16090 Metadata: Tags can contain upper case upon first entry, but are set to lower case on subsequent entries.

LVS-16099 Image Synchronization: after replacing a PDF with another PDF, Full Screen preview shows incorrect number of pages.

LVS-16101 Thumbnails that fail to load are incorrectly kept in pending state.

LVS-16104 Collections: Pinned Collections panel is limited to showing 280 Collections.

LVS-16105 Studio Server integration: 'Used in Studio' flag does not appear when adding an image from Assets to Studio.

LVS-16110 Processing: No previews of thumbnails generated on Linux for EPS files.

LVS-16122 Metadata: Metadata field permissions are not always saved.

LVS-16131 Assets Agent: update to the latest Electron version.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Adding custom functionality to Assets by using Panel plug-ins - updated

Assets 6.72.1

Assets version: 6.72.1.353

Assets Agent 11.0.28.49

Release date: 5 October 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-16015 Image manipulation is not working properly on Linux for images in JPG, JPEG, and PNG format.

LVS-16065 Plug-ins: Plug-in is not triggered when pressing its command in the context menu.

LVS-16070 A layout in a Collection is checked-out when checking out the Collection of which it is part.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.71.1

Assets version: 6.71.1.350

Assets Agent 1.0.27.48

Release date: 14 September 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15848 Metadata: HTTP error 413 when downloading a metadata report with all fields selected.

LVS-16032 Collections: Pinned Collections preview is not updated when removing files.

LVS-16037 When replacing a single file, multiple files can be selected.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.70.1

Assets version: 6.70.1.349

Assets Agent 1.0.27.48

Release date: 24 August 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-13818 Metadata: Tooltip in Metadata panel does not show all text.

LVS-14854 Shared links: Unable to preview videos on iOS devices.

LVS-15107 When in a folder a sub folder is renamed using the name of another sub folder, the user is not informed that the content of both folders are merged.

LVS-15255 Masonry grid view: Show a low-resolution thumbnail while loading the higher resolution thumbnail.

LVS-15367 Metadata panel: When triple-clicking a field value and copying it, the value of the next field is also copied.

LVS-15395 Files in search results are repositioned too much when opening or closing tabs or when resizing the screen.

LVS-15580 Shared links: Authkey value is incorrectly visible to all users.

LVS-15734 Processing: Unable to regenerate thumbnails when many files are selected.

LVS-15871 When moving files, mouse pointer icon for copying files is incorrectly shown.

LVS-16017 Archiving from Studio: Files from a Dossier are not added to a Collection.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.69.1

Assets version: 6.69.1.345

Assets Agent 1.0.27.48

Release date: 3 August 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15666 Unable to resize columns in Move or Copy folder dialog for levels of 3 or more deep.

LVS-15918 Folder column widths are not retained.

LVS-15948 History panel: Custom actions are not shown.

LVS-15952 Assets Agent: Unable to check-in files that are in use by other applications.

LVS-15970 Assets Agent: lost connections are not automatically restored.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.68.1

Assets version: 6.68.1.337

Assets Agent 1.0.26.47

Release date: 13 July 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

Metadata: auto-complete speed reduced. When entering a value in a metadata field which has an auto-complete behavior, the results now appear with a slight delay or only when the user stops typing. This reduces the number of search requests that are sent to the server and thereby improves the performance of the system.

Searching: changes in the behavior of the Found Folders list. When a search term is entered in the Search box, a list of folders that match the search terms are shown. The conditions of when folders are shown in that Found Folders list has been changed to reduce the impact on the system. This has been done in the following ways:

The list of found folders can now be prevented from appearing by setting the following property to false in the Management Console > Server configuration > Cluster properties:

folderSuggestionsEnabled=false

The behavior of the list of found folders has been changed to reduce the number of results:

For the first 3 terms entered, the folders appear in the list when the terms are present in the folder name in any order.
For 4 or more terms entered, the folders only appear in the list when the order of the terms is the same as the order in the folder name.

Example: Consider a folder with the name one two three four five.

The following table shows the results when searching for that folder by using specific search terms:

Scenario

Example

Folder appears in

the list of found folders

No more than 3 terms entered.

one

one two

one two three

two four five

Yes

Four or more terms entered, order matches folder name.

one two three four

one two three four five

Yes

Four or more terms entered, order does not match folder name.

one two three five

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15663 Full screen preview: layouts are not scaled to match smaller screen or web browser sizes.

LVS-15916 Searching: Allow to limit the list of found folders.

LVS-15925 Metadata: reduce the performance impact of auto-complete fields.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Searching for files using Assets - updated

Assets 6.67.1

Assets version: 6.67.1.331

Assets Agent 1.0.26.47

Release date: 22 June 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15610 Share link: When no download options are set, default branding is shown instead of custom branding.

LVS-15785 Assets Agent: Slow check-out and check-in performance in version 1.0.23 compared to earlier versions.

LVS-15831 Users folder is not visible for Pro users.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.66.1

Assets version: 6.66.1.328

Assets Agent 1.0.25.45

Release date: 1 June 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

Shared Links: configuring the default expiration time by number of days. Files that are stored in Assets can be shared with others for a variety of purposes by creating a Shared Link. Unless the user sets a custom expiration date, this link expires after a certain time period. In previous versions, this time period was defined in number of months. Now, it can be defined in number of days to give finer control over the expiration period.

To make this work, the following options have been renamed:

For Assets:

authKeyDefaultExpireMonths is now named authKeyDefaultExpireDays

For the Brand Portal:

authKeyExpireMonthsBrandPortal is now named authKeyExpireDaysBrandPortal

For more information about configuring these options, see:

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15568 Filter option 'Clear all' is shown over multiple lines and not functioning when language is set to other than English.

LVS-15812 Assets Agent: 'connected' and 'disconnected' messages do not disappear.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Assets 6.65.1

Assets version: 6.65.1.326

Assets Agent 1.0.25.45

Release date: 11 May 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

Searching: Search Presets design change. The list of Search Presets is now represented as a button with an icon instead of a list showing the first item of that list:

Compare it with the way it was shown in previous versions:

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-13382 Plug-ins: keyboard shortcuts for Action plug-ins do not work.

LVS-15234 Content is combined for folders with nearly identical names.

LVS-15556 Names of Predefined Searches are incorrectly displayed.

LVS-15563 Google Chrome: No preview shown for files in .rtf format.

LVS-15645 Assets Agent: Reduce number of times Assets Agent disconnects and reconnects.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Searching for files using Assets - updated
Managing Search Presets in Assets - updated

Assets 6.64.1

Assets version: 6.64.1.324

Assets Agent 1.0.24.44

Release date: 22 April 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15092 Searching: Incorrect sort value in URL after clearing the search box.

LVS-15432 Layouts: 'Open in InDesign' command should be disabled when layout is checked out.

LVS-15617 Metadata panel: Show translation in Metadata panel fields for predefined values.

LVS-15625 Metadata panel: Entered value is not saved when clicking outside of a multi-value field.

LVS-15660 Elvis Agent: User names that contain a dot are incorrectly parsed in the sharedPreferences.json file.

LVS-15682 Versioning: Version History shows no thumbnails for older versions when the file name contains an opening or closing bracket.

LVS-15706 Searching: Sort order is set to Relevance when search box is emptied and search term is entered again.

LVS-15741 Uploading: File is not removed when uploading to a folder for which user has no Delete permission and upload is canceled.

LVS-15764 Assets Agent disconnects when refreshing the page.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.63.1

Assets version: 6.63.1.322

Assets Agent 1.0.23.43

Release date: 30 March 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-14793 Uploading using the keyboard shortcut should upload to user folder when current folder has no Create permission.

LVS-14897 The Rename option is incorrectly enabled for a sub folder when the parent folder does not have Rename permission.

LVS-15619 Shared links: Comment is not saved when user has Upload and Approval permission.

LVS-15630 Office documents cannot be previewed when view permissions on the versionNumber metadata field are not set.

LVS-15670 Studio integration: Workflow metadata fields are not populated when dragging an image to a Dossier.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.62.1

Assets version: 6.62.1.315

Assets Agent 1.0.23.43

Release date: 9 March 2021

New features

The following has been added in this release of Assets:

Assets: Displaying often-used metadata fields as 'Essentials' at the top of the Metadata panel. Assets Server comes with over 400 metadata fields which can be extended even further by creating custom metadata fields. Although metadata fields are organized in groups and are displayed as such in the Metadata panel of Assets, it can be quite time consuming for users to find the field they want to edit.

Users typically make use of only a small number of specific fields during their daily work. To make these often used fields more easily available to users, metadata fields can now be made part of the 'Essentials' group. By default this group is empty and thereby hidden, but when one or more fields are made part of this group it is displayed at the top of the Metadata panel for easy access.

The Essentials group at the top of the metadata panel

Metadata fields can be added to the Essentials group by making them part of the field group named Essentials. This is done in the same way as adding fields to any other group by configuring the custom-assetinfo.xml file. For more information, see Changing the look and feel of Assets.

Brand portal: Changing the default expiration time for Shared Links. Files that are stored in Assets can be shared with others for a variety of purposes by creating a Shared Link. Unless the user sets a custom expiration date, this link expires after 3 months.

This default expiration time can now be changed through the following option in the cluster properties of Assets Server:

authKeyExpireMonthsBrandPortal

For more information, see Configuring the default expiration date for Shared Links created in the Assets Brand portal.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets:

Single sign-on: The language configured in the SSO setup is now used as the default language. When a user has a supported language configured in the SSO setup, this language is now used as the default language in Assets or the Brand portal.

This only applies when the user has not explicitly chosen a language during sign-in (or has cleaned the local storage in which this selection is stored).

This change enhances the user experience by configuring the applications in the preferred language before using English as the default language when no set language is found.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15558 Make it easier to place essential fields at the top of the Metadata panel.

SPA-2280 Brand portal: Make the expiration time for Shared Links configurable.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Assets 6.61.1

Assets version: 6.61.1.312

Assets Agent 1.0.22.42

Release date: 16 February 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15541 Localization: Text does not fit the Sign In button on the Log In page.

LVS-15589 Collections: After creating a Collection and adding files to it, no files are shown in the Collection.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.60.1

Assets version: 6.60.1.309

Assets Agent 1.0.22.42

Release date: 26 January 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-14219 Previews of .docx files do not always match the correct version of the file.

LVS-15451 History panel: Incorrect preview of the image shown when clicking on Versions.

LVS-15457 History Panel: Full history filtering of renamed metadata fields not working for custom messages.

LVS-15504 Investigate slow loading of Collection thumbnails.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Previewing PDFs does not work in Google Chrome version 88. Assets runs its previews in a sandbox to prevent malicious code from being run in the Web browser. With Chrome 88, Google no longer allows PDFs to be shown in a sandbox environment and blocks the request to the server.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.59.1

Assets version: 6.59.1.308

Assets Agent 1.0.22.42

Release date: 5 January 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15397 Sort order after clearing a search is incorrect.

LVS-15442 No previews shown for none-streaming videos.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.58.1

Assets version: 6.58.1.831

Assets Agent 1.0.22.42

Release date: 16 December 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

No issues have been fixed in this release of Assets.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.57.1

Assets version: 6.57.1.304

Assets Agent 1.0.22.42

Release date: 24 November 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets:

Opening files for editing: Files that are opened for editing are automatically opened in their native application. To prevent long waiting times, a limit exists for the number of files that are automatically opened. When that limit is reached, no files are opened and instead these files need to be opened manually. This limit has been increased from 9 files to 30 files.

Modifying or translating the metadata tooltips. When users of Assets add metadata fields to the Metadata panel, text shown in a tooltip provides detailed information about the field.

A tooltip for a metadata field in Assets

Figure: Detailed information about a metadata field can be viewed in a tooltip.

The text of these tooltips can now be modified or translated. This is done by adding the changes to the language file through the Server > Configuration page in the Management Console. For this purpose, the following messages are available, one for each part of the tooltip:

webClient.metadata.configurationDialog.exampleValue. Holds the text 'Example value:'. This text is used for all tooltips and therefore only needs to be changed or translated once.

field_label.[field name]. Holds the display name of the field.

field_description.[field name]. Holds the text of the description.

field_examples.[field name]. Holds the examples.

For more detailed information about updating the text of these tooltips, see Managing languages in Assets Server.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15124 Assets Agent: When checking out more than 9 files, the files are not automatically opened.

LVS-15188 Searching: Date searches display incorrect results when start and/or end date is set to 00:00:00.

LVS-15375 Metadata: Make field descriptions translatable.

LVS-15394 Metadata: Custom formatting not interpreted correctly.

LVS-15405 Metadata: When manually adding tags, incomplete tags are also added.

LVS-15410 Unable to check-in an image when it is placed on a layout.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Managing languages in Assets Server - updated
Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) in Assets - updated

Assets 6.56.1

Assets version: 6.56.1.300

Release date: 3 November 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Documentation URLs. Users of Assets can access documentation and provide feedback via various links such as the 'Help' and 'Send us feedback' options in the Avatar menu. The configuration of these URLs has changed and no longer starts with 'elvis'.

Example: feedbackUrl= instead of elvisFeedbackUrl=.

Note: Starting a URL with 'elvis' still works, but is deprecated. We advice to change over to the new configuration. (When manually removing 'elvis' from an existing URL, also make sure to change the first character of the remaining name to lower case.)

For more information about configuring these URLs, see Changing the look and feel of Assets.

Documentation: The default link to the documentation has been updated to point towards the articles aimed at end users. This way, end users can quickly access the documentation about using Assets, while articles aimed at system administrators or developers stay out of view.

This URL is configured in the following option in the cluster-config.properties.txt file:

generalDocumentationUrl=https://helpcenter.woodwing.com/hc/en-us/sections/360010688432

For information about configuring this link, see Changing the look and feel of Assets.

HTML previews in Google Chrome. The previews of certain file types are generated in HTML format and loaded into the client within an iFrame. Because of increased security requirements in Google Chrome, such previews can appear distorted when viewing them in this browser. This distortion is caused by the background that cannot be loaded in because the authentication cookie does not have the required flags set ('Secure' and 'SameSite=None'). To resolve this, the flags can be enabled on the authentication cookie by setting the following option in the cluster-conf.properties.txt file:

session.cookie.secure=enabled

Note: Setting this option makes it impossible to connect to a web client over an HTTP connection that is not secure.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15171 Files in .ppt and .pptx format are not showing correctly when previewing them in Google Chrome.

LVS-15239 Search results pane resets after changing metadata.

LVS-15279 When closing the Preview window, the selected file has scrolled to a different position in the Search results pane.

LVS-15331 Unable to add values to a multi-value list by pressing Tab or clicking outside the field.

LVS-15353 Update the default links to the documentation on Help Center.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Changing the look and feel of Assets - updated

Assets 6.55.1

Assets version: 6.55.1.297

Release date: 15 October 2020

New features

The following features has been added in this release of Assets:

File formats. Support for the Canon CR3 file format has been added. For more information, see Supported file types in Assets Server.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Metadata: Searching for taxonomy values. Taxonomies typically consist of many values. To make finding a value easier, the following improvements have been made when searching using the filter in the Metadata panel:

Exact word search. Entering 'sport' (in single quotation marks) will find values with the exact name sport (case insensitive; SPORT is also found). Entering eco (no quotation marks) will find economy as well as reconstruction.

Wildcard search. Use the wildcard * (asterisk) at the beginning and / or end of the search term:
eco* will find all values with names beginning with eco (economy but not reconstruction).
*eco* will find all values with names containing eco, but not starting or ending with eco (reconstruction but not economy).
*eco will find all values with names ending with eco (zydeco but not economy).

For more information, see Working with metadata in Assets.

Integration with Studio Server. Connecting to an instance of Studio Server through the Dossiers panel has been made more user friendly:
When only 1 instance of Studio Server is configured, it is not necessary anymore to select it from a list. When logging in, the configured server is automatically used to log in to.
The last instance of Studio Server that was logged in to is now remembered; it is not necessary anymore to log in for each session.

For more information, see Adding files from Assets Server to Studio Server.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15182 Improve the query logic for filtering taxonomies.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Supported file types in Assets Server - updated
Working with metadata in Assets - updated
Adding files from Assets Server to Studio Server - updated

Assets 6.54.1

Assets version: 6.54.1.791

Release date: 24 September 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15065 Google Chrome: small thumbnail and preview not working correctly for files in RTF format.

LVS-15253 Metadata fields for Digital articles do not appear in the Metadata panel.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.53.1

Assets version: 6.53.1.293

Release date: 1 September 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets Server.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets Server.

PDF previews are working again on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews were not always loading properly. With Chrome version 84 this no longer happens and we have re-enabled the PDF previews for the following file types:
PDF
DOC
DOCX
XLS
XLSX
RTF

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15191 Brand Portal: Search result for a query with more than 500 characters not displayed correctly.

LVS-15237 Google Chrome: Restore changes made to support for PDF previews.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.52.1

Assets version: 6.52.1.753

Release date: 11 August 2020

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Assets:

Metadata reports. It was already possible to create a metadata report, but this was based on selected files only. It is now also possible to base the report on all files that match the current folder, query, and filters. This is done by choosing the option 'All found files' in the Metadata report dialog.

The Metadata report dialog

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets:

Integration with Studio. The process of restoring a Digital article from Assets to Studio is now referred to as 'opening a Digital article'. The command in the context menu of a Digital article has therefore also been renamed from 'Restore in Studio' to 'Open in Studio'.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-15130 Brand portal: When no filter fields are configured the Filter label still appears.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
PDF
DOC
DOCX
XLS
XLSX

Notes:

Because this issue is related to the Web browser, it also affects previous versions of Assets.

The issue only happens when previews are sandboxed by setting the following configuration option: security.sandboxPreviews=true. However, we do not recommend turning sandboxing off, as it prevents malicious code from being injected into Web browsers through PDF files.

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Creating a Metadata report in Assets Server - updated
Opening a Digital article in Studio from Assets - updated

Assets 6.51.1

Assets version: 6.51.1.741

Release date: 22 July 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-14809 Metadata for a RAW file is not embedded when using the 'Download Custom' option.

LVS-14985 Access Denied error when creating a Collection or adding files to a Collection.

LVS-15056 Banner and Console error shown for a deleted or invalid Shared Link.

LVS-15127 Relevance option in Sorting list is visible after clearing the search.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
PDF
DOC
DOCX
XLS
XLSX

Notes:

Because this issue is related to the Web browser, it also affects previous versions of Assets.

The issue only happens when previews are sandboxed by setting the following configuration option: security.sandboxPreviews=true. However, we do not recommend turning sandboxing off, as it prevents malicious code from being injected into Web browsers through PDF files.

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets.

Assets 6.50.1

Assets version: 6.50.1.279

Release date: 30 June 2020

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Assets:

Searching for Digital articles based on their components: Digital articles now have the names of the default components they contain stored in a new metadata property named 'Article Components'.

This property can be used for finding Digital articles containing a specific component, for example by adding the property to the Filter.

Filtering Digital articles based on the components they contain.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-11484 Collections: metadata not displayed when Collection is selected in Folder browser.

LVS-12648 Not all controls are working for a video shown in full screen mode.

LVS-13365 Shared Links: approval options not working after viewing a file in full screen mode.

LVS-13666 Auto-organized folder move not working correctly.

LVS-14277 Preview missing for Word, Excel, and PDF files in Google Chrome 76 and higher.

LVS-14895 Space missing for full screen mode command in context menu.

LVS-14959 Sorting list sorts on relevance even after relevance is removed from the configuration.

LVS-14964 Incorrect behavior when renaming a Collection in the Pinned Collections panel.

LVS-14974 When uploading files to a Collection, the metadata of the Collection can be edited in the Upload page.

LVS-14979 Controls in Log In dialog not placed correctly when multi-line error message is displayed.

LVS-15003 Brand portal: After removing a file from a Basket in full preview mode, the full preview mode is still active.

LVS-15084 Files or previews missing after uploading, moving, or renaming.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
PDF
DOC
DOCX
XLS
XLSX

Notes:

Because this issue is related to the Web browser, it also affects previous versions of Assets.

The issue only happens when previews are sandboxed by setting the following configuration option: security.sandboxPreviews=true. However, we do not recommend turning sandboxing off, as it prevents malicious code from being injected into Web browsers through PDF files.

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Searching for files using Assets - updated

Assets 6.49.1

Assets version: 6.49.1.266

Release date: 10 June 2020

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Assets:

Panel plug-ins in the Upload screen. Panel plug-ins can now also be shown in the Upload screen. This is done by using the 'uploadPanel' parameter for the 'panelLocation' configuration option.

For more information, see Adding custom functionality to Assets by using Panel plug-ins.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-14415 Incorrect folder shown when pasting a URL containing a folder reference.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
PDF
DOC
DOCX
XLS
XLSX

Notes:

Because this issue is related to the Web browser, it also affects previous versions of Assets.

The issue only happens when previews are sandboxed by setting the following configuration option: security.sandboxPreviews=true. However, we do not recommend turning sandboxing off, as it prevents malicious code from being injected into Web browsers through PDF files.

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets:

Adding custom functionality to Assets by using Panel plug-ins - updated

Note: Some screenshots in the product documentation may still show Elvis products. This will be updated over the coming weeks.

Assets 6.48.1

Assets version: 6.48.1.262

Release date: 19 May 2020

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Assets:

Fit Search results to window. When browsing files in the Search results pane, it can be beneficial to view them without the Folder browser, the Filter, or any of the panels open. Instead of manually closing them, they can now be quickly hidden and displayed by clicking the Fit to Window icon at the bottom of the pane or by pressing Alt+V.

Changes

Assets 6.48 is based on the Pro client of Elvis 6.47 and is technically the same. Apart from re-branding it by changing logos and product name references at various places, only the following changes have been made:

New background image for the sign in page. A new background image for the sign in page is used.

New installations automatically make use of this image but when upgrading older versions, the background image is not upgraded.

When needed, implementing the new image in upgraded installations can be done by copying the file named background.jpg from the following location:

/Library/Elvis Server/Config/clean-example-config-6.48.1.<buildnr>/plugins/active/internal/elvis_client/logos

and use it to replace the existing file in:

<Elvis config>/plugins/active/internal/elvis_client/logos/

Keyboard shortcuts. The following has changed:

New

Open in new tab

Cmd+double-click
Shift+double-click

Delete

Ctrl+backspace (Windows)
Cmd+backspace (MacOS)

Open a previewed file in a new tab

Shift+double-click
Cmd+double-click

Fit search results to window

Alt+V

Removed

Deleting assets:

Backspace
Delete

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets:

LVS-14669 Unexpected results when browsing a folder structure containing nested Collections while using the display option 'subfolders and collections'.

LVS-14778 When uploading a new file to a Shared Link, the file is not immediately displayed.

LVS-14802 Filters are not remembered between sessions.

LVS-14831 Values do not appear in Panel plug-ins after selecting a folder.

LVS-14851 Collection is not highlighted when dragging it.

LVS-14885 The Download counter does not always show the correct number of downloads.

LVS-14892 Search filters cause multiple refreshes and unexpected results.

LVS-14893 History panel shows incorrect metadata field labels when German locale is used.

LVS-14896 Lists in Preview mode appear with white background and black text instead of dark background with light text.

LVS-14916 Folders are out of view in the Folder browser.

LVS-14928 Unable to rename a folder or Collection when running Assets in Firefox.

LVS-14942 After a high-resolution image is loaded in the Preview window, the loader icon does not disappear.

LVS-14947 Use Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace keyboard shortcuts for deleting an asset instead of just Backspace.

LVS-14950 Elvis Agent on Windows creates an invisible click-spot for maximizing the window.

LVS-14955 Add a keyboard shortcut for opening a file in a new tab from within the Preview window.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Assets:

PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
PDF
DOC
DOCX
XLS
XLSX

Notes:

Because this issue is related to the Web browser, it also affects previous versions of Assets.

The issue only happens when previews are sandboxed by setting the following configuration option: security.sandboxPreviews=true. However, we do not recommend turning sandboxing off, as it prevents malicious code from being injected into Web browsers through PDF files.

Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from Assets, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Studio only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Downloads

Assets is shipped as part of Assets Server. The download files for this release can be found in the Release announcement.

Installation

Installing Assets is done by installing Assets Server.

Documentation

Documentation for Assets is available on Help Center:

Note: Some screenshots in the product documentation may still show Elvis products. This will be updated over the coming weeks.

Versions 6.47 or lower

For versions 6.47 or lower, see the Elvis 6 Release Notes.