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Configure Assets Inside the PIM

You can configure assets for each product inside the PIM via the Assets tab on the Products screen.

Assets Tab

The Assets tab serves as a mini Digital Asset Manager (DAM) for your products. You can use it to store a variety of digital assets to ensure that your products are fully enriched when publishing out to marketplaces.

In this article you will learn:

  • What types of Assets can I add to a Product?
  • How do I add Assets to Products inside the PIM?
  • What can I do with Assets I have uploaded?

What types of Assets can I add to a Product?

The PIM can support the following asset file extension types:

 

type mime_type extension
image image/jpeg jpg
image image/jpeg jpeg
image image/gif gif
image image/png png
document application/pdf pdf
document application/msword doc
document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document docx
document application/vnd.ms-excel xls
document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet xlsx
document application/illustrator ai
document application/eps eps
document application/postscript eps
document application/x-eps eps
document image/eps eps
document image/x-eps eps
dxf application/x-autocad dxf
dwg image/x-dwg dwg
cdr application/x-coreldraw cdr
iso application/octet-stream ISO
crv application/octet-stream crv
bbcd application/octet-stream bbcd
dxf application/octet-stream dxf
dwg image/vnd.dwg dwg
image image/webp webp
video video/3gpp 3gp
video video/mp4 mp4
video video/ogg ogg
video video/quicktime mov
video video/webm webm
video video/x-m4v m4v
video video/ms-asf asf
video video/x-ms-wmv wmv
video video/x-msvideo avi
video video/MP2T ts
video application/x-mpegURL m3u8
video video/x-flv flv
video video/mpeg mpeg
3d-model model/gltf-binary glb
3d-model model/vnd.usdz+zip usdz

 

How do I add Assets to Products inside the PIM?

There are two supported methods for adding assets to products in the PIM:

  1. Direct upload
  2. Upload from URL

1. Direct Upload

To upload images to products directly from your computer follow these steps:

  1. From the Assets tab, click “Upload Asset”
  2. Drag files into the window or click to select files from your computer. You can upload multiple files at the same time using either method
  3. Wait for check marks to appear over all of the images, indicating they are ready for processing
  4. Click Upload

Note: By default, Assets will get uploaded as Public (accessible). Therefore, if the file is intended to be used only internally by logged-in PIM users, select “Add it as private”

2. Via URL

To upload assets from a publicly accessible URL, follow these directions.

Note: Only individual image uploads are supported via URL.

  1. From the Assets tab, click “Add Asset by URL”
  2. Paste the URL into the field (Note: By default, Assets will get uploaded as Public (accessible). Therefore, if the file is intended to be used only internally by logged-in PIM users, select "Add it as private")
  3. Click "Save"

Warning: Sometimes, images will not get imported correctly via the URL due to the nature in which they are published to the web. In these cases, save the file to your computer and upload it directly.

What can I do with Assets I have uploaded?

As a Mini DAM, you can perform a variety of actions on Assets that you have uploaded in the PIM.

1. Set A Thumbnail

The PIM allows you to designate an image as the thumbnail to use that image as primary when publishing to External System. Follow the steps below:

  1. From the Assets tab, click the gear icon under the “Action” next to any uploaded image
  2. Select “set as thumbnail”

Note: To select a different image as the thumbnail repeat the steps on a different image.

2. Enable/Disable Assets Based on Channel

You can enable and disable specific assets based on channels. This means you can configure Jasper to publish an asset to one channel, and disable it for another channel.

  1. Add all assets to be used into Default.
  2. Navigate to the channel you want to override using the drop down.
  3. You can then enable/disable, or change thumbnail settings for that specific channel.

3. Reorder Assets

To change the order in which product assets are displayed on the product pages you can reorder them in the PIM.

  1. From the assets tab, click and drag any image up or down to designate a new image order.
  2. Repeat this until you are satisfied with the changes
  3. Click Save Asset Order to save and trigger a sync of the new image order

4. Edit an Asset Name and Description

The PIM allows to setup custom settings for images. The following fields can be setup when we select to edit an Asset:

  • Version
  • Name
  • Description
  • Type

Follow the steps below to Edit an Asset:

  1. From the Assets tab, click the gear icon under the “Action” for the image you wish to edit
  2. Select “Edit”
  3. Select the Version you want the Asset to be published
  4. Make edits to Name, Description, and Type
  5. Select “Cancel” to leave the page without making any changes
  6. Select “Save” to save your edits and trigger a sync

 

5. Remove an Asset

  1. From the Assets Tab, click the gear icon under “Action” next to the asset you wish to remove
  2. Select “Delete”

Warning: There is no confirmation for deleting an asset, so please proceed with caution.

6. Working With Other Asset Types

Jasper PIM can support non-image assets. However, these will not get published to e-commerce platforms as they are largely unsupported.

7. Referencing a non-image asset

If you would like to reference a non-image asset when publishing to an e-commerce platform such as BigCommerce or Shopify, please follow these directions:

BigCommerce

Upload the file through the BC WebDAV using this article. To reference the file on a product, grab the public URL of the file and proceed to the PIM portion.

Shopify

Upload the file directly to the Shopify CDN by following the directions in this article. Once uploaded, the URL will be visible next to the file. Copy the URL and proceed to the PIM section.

PIM

After uploading the file to the correct location and copying the file URL, create a simple text attribute in the PIM. Assign the attribute to your product, either manually or as part of an attribute set and then paste the URL of the file into the attribute value field.

On your platform's theme, you will need to customize the product page template to display the attribute as a link to allow customers to access it.

 
 
 
 
 
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