Create a mass edit page

Note

To configure Content Hub, you must either be a superuser or have the necessary permissions granted to you through user group policies.

You can create a page specifically to mass edit entities. Which entity is supported depends on the entity definition associated with the page. When you create a mass edit page, five pre-defined components are automatically added:

  • Title - an Entity header page component that contains the name of the page component.

  • Entity operations - an Entity operations component that adds the Copy from entity operation to the mass edit page. You can add as many Copy from entity operation components as required.

  • Preview item - a Search component that shows all entities that will be impacted by the mass edit.

  • Mass edit - an Entity details component that shows the members that the user is allowed to mass edit.

  • Nested search - an optional Search component required if you want to offer users the option to copy values from another entity instead of having to fill in every field from scratch. By configuring the default nested Search component, you can narrow down which entities data can be copied from. You can add as many nested Search components as required.

Note

For existing mass edit pages, edit assets using the existing asset or template. For new pages, use the Copy from entity operation.

To create a mass edit page:

  1. On the menu bar, click Manage .

  2. On the Manage page, click Pages.

  3. On the Pages page, in the left pane, do one of the following:

    • If you don’t want the new page to have a specific parent, click Add new page . This assigns Home as the parent page, which puts the new page at the highest permitted level of the page hierarchy.

    • If you want the new page to be a subpage of an existing one, next to the existing page, click Actions > Add subpage.

  4. In the Add new page dialog, in the Name field, enter a name for the new page. This name is a unique system identifier and is not used as the title. The name and the title can be different.

  5. In the Parent field, click Add and, in the Portal page dialog, click the parent page you want to use, and then click Save.

  6. In the Page type drop-down list, click the Mass edit page and, from the Definition list, choose the entity definition to associate with the page (for example, M.Asset).

  7. To apply a master layout to the page, use the Master layout list to select it.

  8. Click Save.

    A new mass edit page with five predefined page components is added to the left pane.

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