The digital assets screen shows images and other digital assets that have been loaded into PDX.
Images, which are asset attributes, are typically part of the import from a PMDM or PIM application. Images can also be imported through the spreadsheet method. Because images are considered assets, they can also be added, updated, or removed directly within PDX, as well as linked to or detached from a product or products.
File Types Supported
The following file formats are currently supported for upload to PDX:
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Photos: .tga, .pbm, .jpg, .jpeg, .svg, .gif, .webp, .bmp, .png, .avif, .tiff
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Videos: .wmv, .avi, .mov, .mpeg, .m4v, .mp4
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Audio: .wav, .mp3
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Documents: .xlsx, .xlsm, .xls, .xml, .indd, .pptx, .docx, .ppt, .pdf, .doc, .xsl, .csv, .txt, .html, .xhtml, .rtf
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Compressed: .rar, .zip, .bz2
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Design: .psd, .sldprt
Note: For all file types, the maximum file size for upload is 300 MB.
Digital Asset Information
The digital assets library can be opened directly from the 'Digital assets' screen. Clicking on an asset will provide additional information about that asset, such as the asset metadata.
The 'Used in products' information will identify to which channels and products an asset is linked or identify if the asset is not currently linked to any product.
Digital assets and information can also be accessed from the product list in master data or a channel. Both the list view and the grid view of products in master data or a channel will also show a linked product image — or the absence of an image for a product.
List View
To access information about a product image in the list view, click any product attribute to open the information panel for that asset. Hovering over the image will manifest clickable links to change the image. If no image has been previously linked, clicking on 
in the empty primary image area will open the digital assets library.
If 'Change Image' is clicked, the image library will open, providing multiple image options to the user, including the option to view asset metadata for the image, see the image's use in products, or delete the image entirely.
Important: Selecting 'Delete asset' from this view will delete the image from both the product and the image library itself. Unlinking from a product without deleting is covered later in this topic.
Clicking the 
button allows the user to select a different image to link to the product.
To unlink an image from a product without deleting it from the image library, click on the 'Digital assets' tab. Hovering over the image will provide the image with the option to change the image (same process as described above) or unlink the image without deleting.
Clicking 'Unlink' will detach the image from the product, but the image will remain in the image library.
To link a new image to the product, click on in the empty primary image to open the digital assets library. Select an image and click 'Add assets.'
The new image will now be linked to the product.
Grid View
In the grid view, clicking on the 
(if no image is linked) or the image thumbnail 
(if an image is linked) will open the digital assets library either with no image or with the linked image selected.
Uploading, Linking, and Deleting
Digital assets can be uploaded, linked to a product, or deleted directly from the digital assets library.
Uploading
To upload one or more images, click on the 
icon in the top right-hand corner and then select one or more images to upload. Once uploaded, the images will appear in the library.
Note: This process can also be used to upload images if the library is accessed in the grid view of the master data or channel data.
Linking
Digital assets can be linked to a product in master data or channel data when the digital library is accessed from the grid view in either location. However, linking a digital asset to the product in the channel will not create a recursive link — the image will not be linked to the product in the master data. Conversely, linking a digital asset to a product from the master data will also link that digital asset to the product in the channel data.
Deleting
Viewing the image in the digital assets library from any location (directly, channel data grid view, or master data grid view) allows a user to delete the digital asset. If an image is linked to a product in either the master data, channel data, or both, the image will automatically be unlinked from the product in addition to being removed from the digital assets library upon deletion.
