View collection information

Open the sidebar with the button in the content bar. The sidebar slides in from the right side of the asset list and shows all collection metadata in two tabs:

• Information: This tab shows the following information about the selected collection:

• General information, like ID, name, or creation date.

• Location, i.e., the parent collection path for the collection.

• Compound status: Shows you information about the compound type and whether all rules for completeness and validity of the compound object are satisfied:
  

  The coloured bullet next to the headline reflects the evaluation result: Evaluating - The status of the compound object is currently being evaluated. Complete - All rules of the compound type are satisfied, assets for all required elements are present. In progress - All rules of the compound type are satisfied, but assets for all required elements are not yet present. Error - The rules of the compound type are not satisfied. For example, the collection contains child-collections even though the compound type does not allow them. If you move your mouse over the status bullet, you will see a short summary of the compound status. "Invalid elements" shows how many assets inside the object do not conform to the compound type's rules. "Missing elements" shows which required elements are missing (i.e. are not an asset field value on any assets inside the collection). "Valid elements" shows which required elements are present (i.e. are an asset field value on any assets inside the collection). "Optional elements" shows which other, non-required elements are present.

  This section is only visible if the collection is a compound object (i.e. has a compound type set).

• Metadata: This tab shows all available information fields for the collection. The fields are organized and collected in various information categories, depending on your system configuration.

  You may not see all available fields in read mode, as empty fields may be hidden via the "Show all fields/Show only fields with values" setting.

  You can find more information about this setting in the "Show or hide empty metadata fields" section below.

Open the detail view for a selected collection in the following ways:

• Right-click the collection in the tree and choose "Open detail view" in the context menu.

• Open the magic menu and choose "Open detail view" in it.

In the detail view, all collection information is shown in 2 tabs:

• Metadata: This tab shows the following information about the selected collection:

• General information, like the name.

• The collection icon.

• Any information fields that are configured for the collection type.

  You may not see all available fields in read mode, as empty fields may be hidden via the "Show all fields/Show only fields with values" setting. Once you enter edit mode, you will see all fields.

  You can find more information about this setting in the "Show or hide empty metadata fields" section below.

• Compound information: This tab shows you information about the compound type and required elements which are defined.

Additionally, the sidebar shows you other relevant information, like creation date, location and the compound status. You can open it with the button in the content bar.

If a collection is a compound object, its compound status is shown (as mentioned above) with an information bullet. Via the context menu, you can see more details about issues or missing content in the compound object:

1. Right-click the compound object in the tree to open the context menu.

2. Click the "View compound status details" menu entry. A new dialog opens.

3. The dialog lists detailed descriptions of issues to help you resolve them.