Moving or copying a digital asset

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Moving or copying a digital asset

You can move or copy an asset to a different folder within the digital asset hierarchy.

Moving an asset removes it from the original folder and places it in a destination folder.

Copying an asset links the asset to both the original folder and the destination folder. When you modify either copy of the asset, the corresponding asset is modified as well. However, when you delete an asset with one or more linked copies, you will be prompted to confirm the removal of only the selected asset from the digital asset hierarchy. To remove all linked copies of an asset, you must manually delete each linked copy.

The assets that you can move or copy depend on the permissions of your login and of the assets. If your login does not have the required permissions to move or copy an asset, that asset will not display in the Directory tree.

To move or copy an asset

Choose Assets from the navigation pane.

The Assets page displays. The digital asset hierarchy appears under Directory.

Do one of the following:

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Use the Directory hierarchy to locate the asset you want to move or copy. Refer to Navigating the digital asset hierarchy for information about navigating to a particular directory node and digital asset.

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Use Search Assets by Name to find the assets (for more information, see Searching for assets).

Click the icon (

) for the asset, and drag it to the folder to which you want to copy it or move it.

In the confirmation dialog box, do one of the following.

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Select Link to copy the asset to the destination folder.

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Select Move to copy the asset to the destination folder while deleting it from the original folder.

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Select Cancel to end the current operation and not copy or move the selected asset.