Use the More Actions menu in Rich Media CMS


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The More Actions menu in Rich Media CMS is used for carrying out single or bulk actions on supported entries. It is available on the Entries page and for document entries on the Documents page.

The More Actions menu stays hidden until you select at least one entry.

The More Actions menu offers a variety of options for performing a single or bulk action.

Menu options

Download

This option isn't available for document entries.

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the entry(ies) you want to download.
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Download.
  3. The Download screen displays.

  4. Choose the format, also known as the flavor, from the drop-down list.
  5. Click Download selected entries.
  6. A confirmation message displays.

    The download link will be sent out to your email address after processing has been completed.

The download link will expire after 24 hours.

Change Owner

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the entry(ies) you want to change the owner of.
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Change Owner.
  3. The Change Owner screen displays.

  4. Enter the new owner’s user name or user ID.  You can add users that are available on the site and you can use the auto-complete function.
  5. The Users tab lists all users for the Rich Media CMS account, their roles, and account ownership. For more information about user IDs, see our article Manage Rich Media CMS users.

  6. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Add / Remove Co-Publishers

Add Co-publishers

Co-publishers have the permission to publish media anywhere that the user has the rights to publish.

To learn more about roles and permissions, visit our article Manage Rich Media CMS users.

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Add Co-publishers.
  3. The Add Co- Publishers screen displays.

  4. Enter the co-publishers' names. You can add users that are available on the site and you can use the auto-complete function.
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Remove Co-Publishers

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Remove Co-publishers.
  3. The Remove Co-Publishers screen displays.

  4. Click on the co-publishers you want to remove.
  5. If there are no co-publishers for these entries the screen displays: No Co-Publishers to remove.
  6. Click Apply to all selected entries

Add / Remove Co-Editors

Add Co-Editors

Co-editors have permission to edit the metadata associated with the selected media, for example, customize the look and feel of an entry page.

To learn more about roles and permissions, visit our article Manage Rich Media CMS users.

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Add Co-Editors.
  3. The Add Co-Editors screen displays.

  4. Enter the co-Editors' names. You can add users that are available on the site and you can use the auto-complete function.
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Remove Co-Editors

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Remove Co-Editors.
  3. The Remove Co-Editors screen displays.

  4. Click on the co-editors you want to remove.
  5. If there are no co-editors for these entries, the screen displays: No Co-Editors to remove.
  6. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Add / Remove Co-Viewers

Add Co-Viewers

Co-viewers have permissions to view the metadata associated with the selected media.

To learn more about roles and permissions, visit our article Manage user accounts in Rich Media CMS.

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Add Co-Viewers or Remove Co-Viewers.
  3. The Add Co-Viewers screen displays.

  4. Enter the co-viewers' names. You can add users that are available on the site and you can use the auto-complete function.
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Remove Co-Viewers

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Remove Co-Viewers.
  3. The Remove Co-Viewers screen displays.
  4. Click on the co-viewers you want to remove.
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Add to New Category / Playlist

Add to New Category

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Add to New Category.

    The New Category screen displays.

  3. Type the name of the new category.
  4. Select the parent category or No Parent.
  5. Click Apply.

Add to New Playlist

This option isn't supported for document entries.

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Add to New Playlist.
  3. The New Playlist screen displays.

  4. Under the Metadata section, add the desired metadata: 
  • playlist name (New Playlist is the default name) 
  • description 
  • tags

4. Click Save.

To see the content that was added to your new playlist, click the Content tab.

Add to / Remove from Categories

Add to Categories

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Add to Categories.
  3. The Select Categories screen displays.

  4. Click the checkboxes next to the categories you want. You can also search for the category using the Search Categories function at the top.
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Remove from Categories

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Remove from Categories
  3. The Remove From Categories screen displays.

  4. Click the checkbox next to the category(ies) you want to remove the entries from.
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

To learn more about categories and playlists, visit our articles Managing categories and Creating and configuring playlists.

Add / Remove Tags

Add tags

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Add Tags or Remove Tags.
  3. The Add Tags screen displays.

  4. Type the tag words into the field, hitting enter on your keyboard after each addition. 
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Remove Tags

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Remove Tags.
  3. The Remove Tags screen displays.

  4. Click the 'x' on the tags you want to remove. 
  5. Click Apply to all selected entries.

Captions & Enrich

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Captions & Enrich.
  3. Some entries do not support caption ordering.

    The Order Captions & Enrichment Services screen displays.

    To learn how to order captions and enrichment services, visit our article Order captions in Rich Media CMS.

Set Access Control

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Set Access Control.

    The Set Access Control screen displays.

  3. Select the Access Control Profile.
  4. Click Apply to all selected entries.
  5. To learn more about access control, visit our articles Access Control and Managing Access Control Profiles.

Set Scheduling

When you want to limit the time in which a media entry is available for viewing, you can configure a schedule, defining a start and end date. Playback will be allowed only within the defined schedule.

  1. Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired entry(ies).
  2. From the More Actions menu, select Set Scheduling.

    The Scheduling screen displays.

  3. Set the viewing schedule for one or more entries.
  4. Click Apply to all selected entries.
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