The Dynamic View field allows relating content to other content based on metadata or other criteria, for example, relating content with the same document number or relating content with the same product number or the same event. This is especially useful for creating language versions of documents, product packages, or other content collections.
Dynamic View Overview
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Behavior | Its a view only field. The administrator who creates the field defines the search criteria e.g. product id = 123. The field will then show all Content Items that match this search criteria. Content that is not permitted to view will be greyed out. You cannot edit the field in single or batch edit mode. |
Batch Actions:
| Related content items can be downloaded all together or placed all together into the basket, for further processing e.g. for editing or sharing. Additionally, each individual item can be downloaded directly or added to the basket. |
Limitation | Dynamic View Fields are not editable - neither in Single nor in Batch Editor! The field is therefore also not available in filters or search. The content shown in the field depends on the field filter configuration. |
Display pattern | Picturepark does not use the Display Pattern on the Relationship Schema. All relationship information in the view mode of a Content Item is hard-coded and not considering Display Patterns. |
Multi Relationship | Multiple items can be related. Examples are:
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Display & Handling | The relationship field items are displayed as a list, or thumbnails small or medium. The elements can be re-arranged if you have edit permissions on the Content Item and view permissions on the related Content Items. |
Permissions | Inside a relationship field, the Content Item permissions apply. For example, if you have a user that cannot view a Content Item in a relationship field he will get this view: However, double-clicking on that field will allow him to view the relationship details - when the layer is visible and thanks to the "view for all" permission on the relationship schema. |
Examples | On a Content item for a product, you might have a Relationship field for product photos. In your relationship schema for this field, you might have a single field for "View" that is, in turn, assigned to a List that provides the values Front, Top, and Side. When a user relates a photo to the product Content Item, the field for "View" would appear, enabling the user to define the context of the related image. When the Content Item was published, this contextual information would be available. Another valid approach is to use the Relationship field to relate creative files. Wether you are linking the zip package or individual files is up to you. In addition, your relationship schema could include fields for Caption or any other context information about the related content. |
Relationship Value Handling
Picturepark Setup Example | Layer: Corporate Information (ID: CorporateInformation) |
Fieldpath | corporateInformation.corporateLogo |
Advanced search for field | _exists_:corporateInformation.corporateLogo
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Use in Display Pattern |
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Returned field value options | Single:
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Returned field value | The field itself does not return values. You must access the individual values per option (e.g., data.corporateInformation.corporateLogo.mediaType) |
Relationship Field Settings
Name | The Name setting is available for various items in Picturepark, for example, fields, schemas, and business rules. This value defines what appears in the Picturepark interface. You can change the name anytime and translate it into any configured metadata language. To add a translation for the name, select Add.
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ID | The ID field is the ID of your field, which is used to link to this field. The field ID is always lowercase. The field's ID is set when creating a new field using camel casing. You need the field ID for the configuration of filters or display patterns. The ID is automatically created from the name you insert:
You can open the Display Pattern Editor to see the JSON of a Content Item. |
Single item relationship | Allowing one or multiple data entries into the Relationship Field. You cannot change this setting once saved. |
Relationship name | The name of the relationship you create when assigning a Content Item. |
Relation ID | Constructed from the name by removing spaces and special characters. |
Relationship type | The type of items you can assign in the Relationship Field. Currently limited to Content Items only. |
Relation | The underlying schema used to insert information about the relation e.g., a schema with two fields for legend title and description, which you must fill out when relating a hero shot. |
Item filter | Limit the Content Items available for selection by using a filter e.g., only show logos. |
Minimum | Only whole numbers (integers) are supported. By adding a minimum value, you set the field required. |
Maximum | Setting the maximum value to one turns a multi-item relationship to a single item relationship; however, we recommend to choose a single item relationship instead. |
Required | This allows ensuring that at least one item is always related e.g. for press kits the hero shot or the logo. The minimum value fulfills the same purpose, but we recommend using the correct required flag for the desired required option. |
Default view | Select the default view for related items:
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List view maximum rows | Select the maximum rows that should be displayed in the list view. The default is set to 4. |
Thumbnail view maximum rows | Select the maximum rows that should be displayed in the thumbnail view. The default is set to 2. |
Include in filters | Picturepark uses indexing settings from the relation schema. |
Include in search | Keep in mind that Picturepark does not index metadata of the related content e.g., all the Product Information or an assigned Media Type. Only the relationship information given on the assignment of a Content Item is indexed. |
Boost value | The Boost factor field setting will boost the values in the search and help you define the relevance of the content for your users. The boost parameter increases the relative weight of a term (with higher boost values) or decreases the relative weight (with lower boost values), but the increase or decrease is not linear. In other words, a boost of 2 does not result in double the score. You can select between 1, 10, 25, 50, 100, or 500.
Picturepark checks this setting against the allowed number of Search-indexed fields in your subscription plan. While it may be tempting to include all fields in filters and simple search boosting them, you may revisit this idea based on your subscription plan limit. |