---
title: "Create rendition links"
slug: "create-rendition-links"
abstract: "How to create rendition links."
---
# Create rendition links

You can enable the store output feature to create rendition links for a task. In order for the rendition to appear in the **Entity renditions** component, you must [configure that component](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/entity-renditions.html "Entity renditions") for the corresponding entity definition (such as *M.Asset*).

To create rendition links:

1. With the task selected on the visual canvas, click the **Outputs** tab.
2. Turn on the **Store output** switch. This enables the download and display of assets through a rendition link.
3. In the **Output** section, fill out the parameters.

    | Parameter | Description | Mandatory |
    | --- | --- | --- |
    | **Output type** | Format of the output. Only available for processing tasks of type *Run external web task*. | Yes |
    | **Output name** | Name of the output. | No |
    | **Property** | *Extract clipping path* tasks only have this parameter. | Yes |
    | **Alternative files** | Makes the renditions sticky, meaning they are neither regenerated upon refresh, nor created upon upload of an alternative file or thumbnail. | No |

    > [!important]
    > Ensure the **Convert image** task name in the **Parameters** tab matches the output name in the **Outputs** tab.

    > [!note]
    > For *Extract video indexer data* tasks, you need to configure two outputs, one for the metadata and one for the storyboard.

4. Click **New link** to create a rendition link, then fill out the new link parameters.

    | Parameter | Description | Mandatory |
    | --- | --- | --- |
    | **Name** | Name of the new link. Rendition link names must be alphanumeric, and can contain periods, underscores, and hyphens, but not spaces or other special characters. | Yes |
    | **Label** | Label of the new link, shown in the user interface. | Yes |
    | **Intent** | Intended use for the rendition link. If set to **None**, downloads are not recorded in the [reporting logs](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/reporting-logs.html). | Yes |
    | **Link expiration** | Period of time before the link expires. | Yes |
    | **Required permissions** | [Permissions](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/permissions.html) required to see and access the link. | No |
    | **Gateway enable watermark** | Turns on gateway link watermarking. | No |
    | **Enable watermark** | Turns on delivery link watermarking. | No |
    | **Watermarks** | A list of any [watermarks](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/watermarking.html) to be applied to the rendition link. | No |
    | **Omit watermark permission** | Omits watermarking on the link | No |
    | **Intended area of use** | The areas in which the link can be used. | No |
    | **Required gateway permissions** | Permissions a user needs to access the rendition through a gateway link. | No |
    | **Description** | Link description. | No |
    | **Processing configuration** | Used to store the conversion settings of a [custom download](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/custom-download-parameters.html). Do not manually update this field. | No |
    | **Filename** | Name of the rendition file. You can write a combination of plain text and metadata variables. Each variable, which is written inside curly braces, must reference the name of either a single-line string property or an option list property that does not have multiple values, such as the original filename or the asset title. For example, *{filename}-{title}* results in a file called *image.jpg-palagio*. However, because an asset's **Description** is a multi-line value, using *{filename}-{description}* causes the second variable to be treated as literal text, resulting in a file called *image.jpg-{description}*.<br><br>> [!note]<br>> System properties, such as `id`, are not supported. If needed, you can copy the value to a custom property using a trigger or a script to achieve a similar functionality. | No |
    | **Asset media** | Asset media type of the new rendition link. | No |

5. Click **Save**.

> [!important]
> By default, automatic reprocessing of renditions is disabled. To apply a new processing flow to the renditions of existing assets, you must first refresh those renditions.