Overview of sections

The MediaStore system’s admin site can be navigated using the menu in the navigation sidebar (on smaller screens such as on mobile phones, the menu can be accessed via a menu icon). The following sections are available:

• Dashboard: A summary of the most essential system information.
• Global Search (top right): Returns a summary page of top results matching your search term from among different types of data (Products, Assets, Users etc.).
• Clients:
  • Organizations and Users: Manage Organizations and individual Users, including their User Roles and User Status.
  • Analytics: Review analytics data related to client users, such as logins.
• Groups:
  • General: Give Organizations and Users privileged access to Products and Assets; send recommendation emails including grouped Products or Assets for preview/screening or download purposes.
  • Contacts: Compile Users into groups for pre-filling recipient forms (such as in Recommendations) or syncing to the Campaign Tool (this is a paid add-on).
  • Recommendations: An overview of auto-generated groups used by the system to compile recommendation emails.
  • Mobile App Sync: Compile products/assets for sync to the iPad Catalog application (this is a paid add-on).
  • Special Purpose: Use special self-service content management tools (dependent on the scope of your platform) for e.g. client-facing slideshows or contact lists.
  • Other Group types: Potential additional Group-related functionality.
• Products:
  • Products: View and manage Products such as Programs or Series.
  • Analytics: Review analytics data related to products, such as page views by client users..
• Assets:
  • Assets: Add and manage Assets, such as streaming video, images and documents, and assign them to Products.
  • File Inbox: Manage and review your Aspera Inbox for easier upload and ingest of large files.
  • Analytics: Review analytics data related to assets, such as downloads or streaming by client users.
• Workflows: Review system workflows used to perform various background tasks.
• Messages: Review sent messages.
• Settings:
  • Affiliation: Review fundamental system settings.
  • Divisions: Optional feature for dividing internal teams and access.
  • Awards and Genres: Review Product-related settings.
  • Roles: Overview of available User Roles, which dictate user privileges.
  • Custom Fields: Optional configuration for additional custom fields.
  • Protections: Optional asset protection features (dynamic watermark, 2-factor authentication, DRM).

Some sections may not be available on specific MediaStore implementations or to Users with specific Roles.