Describing assets

To create and describe an asset:

1. In the web client, click Assets.
2. Click Submit an Asset. The page opens to the Describe page of the wizard for submitting a new asset.
3. Optional: If you are creating an asset that is similar to an asset that you have previously created, you can duplicate an asset that you created to save time. To use an asset that you created as a template, in the Use as templates sidebar, click the Use as a template icon for the asset duplicate. For more information about duplicating assets, see Duplicating assets.
4. Enter the mandatory information about the asset:
   1. In the Name field, type a name for the asset.
   2. In the Version field, type a version for the asset.
   3. From the Community list, select a community to submit the asset to. After you select a community, the list of available Types might change.
   4. In the Type field, select the asset type that best fits this asset. If this asset does not fit into any of the asset types listed, contact your repository administrator and have them create a type. After you select an asset type, additional attributes to describe the asset might be available.
   5. In the Short description field, type a meaningful short description about the asset.
   As you change the community and asset type, the lifecycle that the asset enters when you submit it to the repository might change.
5. Select or type values for any additional descriptive attributes. You must type or enter a value for any attribute that is marked with an asterisk (*). If the attribute name is underlined, you can hover your cursor over the name to view a description of the attribute.
6. Optional: Type a detailed description for the asset. The description is visible in the general details page for an asset; you can use the description to add images, describe the business problem that this asset solves, insert images, add links to useful resources, or write instructions on how to use the asset.
   1. Below the attribute fields, click the Description tab.
   2. Enter a description in one of the following ways:
      • Use the rich text editor to further describe the asset with basic formatting such as text color, tables, links, images, lists, and indenting. You can also include .swf video files in the description.
      • Use the html editor to further describe the asset. Click the Toggle HTML View icon and enter the html content in the largest section. When you click the Design Mode icon to return to the rich text editor, you see a rich text preview of the html content.
      Note: When clicking Browse to add multiple images to the Description that have not been added previously to the asset, click Save after adding each one.