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Media in NaviGate

Upload and manage media files in NaviGate, add tags to them

Anna Voloshchuk avatar
Written by Anna Voloshchuk
Updated over 5 months ago

On the MEDIA tab, you can upload and store images, documents, audio and video files.

After publishing your content items to NaviGate, they also become available as PDF documents on the MEDIA tab.

Each media card features its preview, if any, type icon, name, last modified date, and workflow status.

You can add media files to My list, search, or filter them by the required criteria.

NaviGate supports the following file formats:

Media type

Supported format

Audio

• AAC • MP3 • OGG • WAV • WMA

Video

• MOV • MP4

Image

• GIF • JPEG • JPG • PNG

Document

• CSV • PDF • XLS • XLSX • PPT • PPTX

The maximum file size for upload is 1 GB.

New media

To add a new media file:

1. Click in the bottom right corner of the Media page.

The Upload pop-up opens.

2. Drag the required media file or click the pop-up to select files from the file explorer.

3. On the Details panel, assign the required metadata, and set the expiration date.

To add more files, click UPLOAD FROM PC.

4. Click UPLOAD.

Once the uploading process is complete, find your file on the MEDIA tab.

Media handling

Click the media card to expand the pop-up with its preview, details, workflow status, and tags.

To manage your media file, you can use the following controls:

Control

Action

Open the media file in eWizard Viewer

Open the media file to edit its metadata on the Details page

Open the more options of the media file

To update the media file with the file of the same format:

1. Click the media more options.

2. Select Upload new version.

You can send an update request to the media owner by email. For this, use the Ask for update option.

Details

On the Details page, you can preview the media file, find its metadata, tags, versions, and start the MLR flow.

To modify the media file details:

1. Click EDIT DETAILS.

2. In the Edit pop-up that appears, make the required changes.

Select the Add to My list checkbox to keep the media file in quick access.

3. Click UPDATE to apply your changes.

On the VERSIONS tab at the bottom of the Details page, you can download the current version of the media file. For this, click in the Actions column.

Media tagging

When you upload images and PDF documents to NaviGate, the system automatically assigns tags to them. Tags indicate your media files within the NaviGate storage. As a result, you can search for the required media files by their tags.

You can see tags in the media file pop-up and on the media file Details page.

To add a new tag to the media file:

  1. Click EDIT DETAILS on the Details page.

The Edit pop-up opens.

2. In the Tags section, enter the required word or phrase in the dedicated field.

3. Click .

4. Click UPDATE to apply the new tag to the media file.

To remove an existing tag, go to the Edit pop-up and click on the required tag.

When making a copy of a media file, you can add new tags or delete existing ones for the resulting copy.

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