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Roles

These are the roles that are needed:

  • Can_read_assets
  • Web_can_view_versions

Optional Roles

These are optional roles that are needed to extend the functionality:

  • Can_write_versions

API Links

Adding Versions API Link

Adding Versions

To create a new version from the web interface you can do this in a couple of different ways:

iconik asset version

To upload a new file as a new version

  1. Go to the asset page of the asset that you are interested in versioning.
  2. Click the New Version button in the top row on the asset page.
  3. Select Upload a file.
  4. Choose the file you want to upload, just as you would on a regular upload.
  5. Wait for the upload to complete and proxies to be generated.
  6. A new version has been added.

Using an existing asset as a new version of another asset

To use an already uploaded asset as the new version from the Asset page: (Note: You can only add a non versioned asset as a new version)

iconik version dialog

iconik version dialog

  1. Click the New Version button in the top row on the asset page.
  2. Select that you want to use an existing asset.
  3. Search for the asset you want to use as a new version in the pop up window.
  4. Click Select next to it.
  5. Decide if you want the metadata, comments, transcriptions or time based metadata to be kept from the current asset or copied from the asset you selected.
  6. Click
  7. Wait for the background task of merging asset to complete
  8. A new version has been added

To use an already uploaded asset as a new version from the search page:

  1. Click and drag the asset to be used as a new version
  2. Hover over the destination asset, you will see a text appear Add as Version, and telling you to press alt
  3. Press the alt key and release the moust over the destination asset.
  4. Decide if you want the metadata, comments, transcriptions or time based metadata to be kept from the current asset or copied from the asset you selected.
  5. Click
  6. Wait for the background task of merging asset to complete
  7. A new version has been added

Adobe Premiere Pro Versions

You can also add versions using the Adobe panels. See the Adobe documentation

Versioning from storage

You can use the storage management of the iconik Storage Gateway to create new versions which is covered here

Learn more