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Editing Asset Info

This article describes the activity of populating, or editing fields in 'Asset info', while the asset is in draft.

Written by Bram Timmers

When an asset is in Draft status, the asset's info is editable. To open the asset info menu, click the 'Asset info' item in the action panel, on the right-hand side of the Asset page: a drawer will appear, containing all the fields configured for your workspace.

Fields, values and metadata

In this article we reference terms like 'Fields', 'Values' and 'Metadata'. Before proceeding, it's important to understand these terms, by providing some examples:

Example 1

Example 2

Field

Asset type

Target audience

Value

Leaflet, Brochure, Poster, Banner, etc.

Resellers, Young professionals, Stunt car drivers

General info (link):

  • Fields: all fields are the same for all workspaces

  • Values: most values can be configured per workspace, except Usage rights

Custom info (link)

  • Fields: are unique for one workspace

  • Values: all values can be configured per workspace

Metadata
Any data that Cohero captures automatically (without any need for explicit user input) is what we refer to by 'Metadata'. You'll see metadata reflected at the bottom of the Asset Info menu.

General info

The first set of fields are identical for every Cohero workspace, and are intended to carry universal information for all assets. The following fields make up the list of general info:

Field

Purpose

Examples

Asset type

Describes the nature of the asset. It answers the question WHAT is it?

Brochure, Leaflet, Web page, Email template, etc.

Asset owner

Describes the person or team, accountable for the asset throughout its lifecycle (after it's released).

Frank Smith, or 'Retail Marketing team'

Expiry date

The date on & beyond which the asset shows as 'Expired', and usage is discouraged.

7 November 2031

Release date

[While in draft] Reflects the date on which the asset is planned to be released.
[After Release] Reflects the actual date on which the asset was released

12 August 2026

Usage rights

The intended circulation of an asset, based on which it was approved

General use, Internal use, or Confidential

Description

A short description of the asset, its messaging and its purpose

Internal leaflet to support members of our international sales staff in their client meetings aimed at client retention.

Target audience

Lists the groups / personas / audiences for which the asset was intended. These are the aspired readers / consumers of the asset.

Entrepreneurs, Loyalty Club members, Resellers

Tags

Labels attached for the purpose of identification or contextualization.

Summer, Office culture, Testimonials

Custom info

The second section of the Asset info menu contains the Custom info fields. These fields differ per workspace, and typically reflect a company's bespoke set of information that it wants to capture for assets.

Some examples of custom info fields are:

  • Reference number / code

  • Related product

  • Customer journey stage

  • Promotion classification

  • ... and more

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