Link assets from Experience Manager Assets with Adobe cloud storage

If your organization uses Adobe cloud storage, you can link assets from Experience Manager Assets to Workfront. Once linked, you can view and manage the assets in Workfront, and any changes made to the assets in Experience Manager Assets will be reflected in Workfront.

IMPORTANT
If your organization declines to sign the GenAI Rider agreement, you can still use Content Advisor to choose assets in Experience Manager Assets, but you will not have access to AI-powered features such as AI Search, smart suggestions, or analyzing campaign briefs.

Access requirements

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Adobe Workfront package Any
Adobe Workfront licenses

Contributor or higher

Request or higher

Additional products You must have Experience Manager as a Cloud Service, and you must be added to the product as a user in the Admin Console.
Experience Manager Permissions You must have write access to the folder.
Access level configurations Edit access to Documents
Object permissions View access or higher

For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Prerequisites

Before you begin:

To link content:

  1. Go to the Workfront object where you want to link content.

  2. Click the Documents section in the left panel.

  3. Click New on the right side of the page, then click AEM files to link an individual asset.
    Add AEM files to the documents area

  4. With Content Advisor, you can:

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    Search for assets using AI Search. Use AI-powered search that understands meaning and intent behind queries, supporting multiple languages, typos, and synonyms. For more information, see AI Search for smarter asset discovery.
    View smart suggestions based on context and intent. Discover assets that align with your content needs using context-aware recommendations from the host Adobe application. For more information, see Smart suggestions based on context and intent.
    Upload a campaign brief to discover relevant assets. Upload a PDF, DOCX, or TXT campaign brief document so Content Advisor can analyze it and recommend relevant assets. For more information, see Campaign briefs to discover relevant assets.
    View and select Dynamic Media asset renditions. Browse channel-optimized renditions including image presets, Smart Crops, and format types, and apply Dynamic Media modifiers to preview adjustments in real time. For more information, see Dynamic Media asset renditions available for use.
    Apply Dynamic Media modifiers to renditions. Add modifiers to transform asset renditions in real time and preview the results before selecting a rendition for your host application. For more information, see Dynamic Media asset renditions available for use.
    Access asset metadata. Review asset properties such as title, description, format, size, and other metadata tabs (Product, Campaign, Tags) consistent with the Assets view. For more information, see Access asset metadata consistent with Assets view.
    Filter assets using predefined filters. Refine asset results using filters such as File Type, File Format, Asset Status, File Size, Image Width, Image Height, Modified Date, and Created Date. For more information, see Access filters consistent with Assets view.
    Save and reuse searches. Create saved searches by specifying a search term and filter options, then reuse them across Experience Manager Assets and other Adobe applications. For more information, see Access and reuse recent and saved searches.
    Search for assets across and within collections. Search for assets or collections across all collections, or limit your search to a specific collection. For more information, see Search for assets across and within collections.
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    NOTE
    Recommended Content in Content Advisor uses data from the following to determine suggested content in Workfront:
    • Workfront object name and description fields
    • Custom form fields marked as required
    • Data from attached documents

Considerations

  • Review and approval workflows are not supported for linked AEM assets.
  • Metadata fields are first mapped when you send an asset from Workfront to Experience Manager Assets. If your Workfront administrator has enabled object metadata sync, fields remain up to date if they are changed in either application.
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