Asset categories are created in the ‘Content’ section.

As shown in the visual below, the categories appear in the Content > Brand Toolbox > Asset library folder (node). 

 

There are two asset category types (or levels) in the Asset library and they are usually tiered in this structure or hierarchy:

• Category (top level “Asset Category” node)
  • Subcategory (secondary level “Asset Subcategory” node, must sit within a “Category”).

You can include as many Categories in the “Asset library” folder, and as many Subcategories within each Category, as you wish. However note that you are NOT required to have Subcategories within Categories — Categories can stand alone.

 

Create a ‘Category’

1. Right-click the Asset library folder, and click Create from the actions/context menu.
   
   
   
   
2. Enter a name for the new Category.
3. Select Asset Category as the Document Type.
4. Click Create.
   
   

To publish the Category, click the Save and publish button.

Create a ‘Subcategory’

1. Right-click an existing Category folder, and click Create from the actions/context menu.
   
   
   
   
2. Enter a name for the Subcategory.
3. Select Asset Subcategory as the Document Type.
4. Click Create.
   
   

To publish the Subcategory, click the Save and publish button.

Now that you’ve completed your category structure, you can assign them to an asset.

To assign categories to an asset:

1. Go to the ‘Media > Asset library’ section.
2. Locate your individual “Asset” node.
   
    
3. Select the “Properties” tab from the RH editing pane and scroll down to the “Categories” element.
4. Selecting categories^ from the left column of the multi-node picker updates the categories in the right column. You can assign multiple categories to an image.
5. To remove categories, click the ‘X’ remove button in the right column.

^Both categories and subcategories can be selected, however, if categories contain subcategories, please select the subcategory only (it is not necessary to select both). Therefore, only select the top-level category when there are no contained subcategories. 

To batch update categories across multiple assets, view Batch modifying assets.
 

Last updated: 2 September 2017