Planned for Future Release

This will be in Tridion Docs 15, due out next summer.

Updating an image in the Draft Space

It appears that there is no way of updating an existing image from within the Draft Space; there is only the ability to replace it with a different image which is not the same thing.

Updating an image means creating either a new revision or a new version of the same GUID. Replacing the image means that I add a new resource with a new GUID to the repository, which, unless that is the effect I actually want, makes NO sense in a system designed to enable reuse.

When I replace an image that is a part of a reused data set instead of updating the image, I then have to go to every other place in the repository where the original image is in use and update that one, manually, as well. In essence, the workflow encouraged by Draft Spaces is forcing me to either branch of manually maintain my data set. 

I should be able to right-click on an image (or click a drop-down associated with image, or whatever) and be given the opportunity to actually update the existing source. 

Currently, unless I want my web users to spray a firehose of redundant images into the repository I need to direct them to take the GUID of the image from the attributes panel of the Draft Space, open the Content Manager, use Locate to find the resource, and use the Update feature of content manager to update the graphic. That's the kind of thing that makes people question whether or not I think their time is worth anything.

Jeff Hooker
  • in reply to Joe Pairman

    Jesus. Just got a look at the newest version. STILL profoundly broken. Fuck. 

    This stuff actively punishes customers who use the product the way it's supposed to be used. 

    There is no way of making this make sense. The RWS authoring tool cuts directly against the RWS workflow expectations. It's so weird. I can't picture the conversations that resulted in this flow. 

  • in reply to Joe Pairman

    Hi Joe,

    Has this been addressed in the latest release of Draft Space, or is it still impossible to update a released image?

  • in reply to Joe Pairman

    Hi Joe,

    Just wanted to say that I'm trying to document how to do image updates for our users right now and it's hellish. There is no way of making this make sense. The RWS authoring tool cuts directly against the RWS workflow expectations. It's so weird. I can't picture the conversations that resulted in this flow. 

    Thanks,
    Jeff.

  • in reply to Joe Pairman

    Hi Joe. Just wanted to point out that this is not in Tridion Docs 15, nothing of significance has changed, the workflow is still screwed, and I'm sad. 

    We've got the new "update" button, but we already had a workflow for that: if the image is not released, update it in the Content Manager and it updates in the publication. 

    If the image is released, we're just as screwed as we were before. 

  • Hi Jeff, I wanted to give you a quick update; your idea has been implemented and is going to be part of the Tridion Docs 15 release. In this feature, Draft Space users will be able to right  click on an image and upload a new revision; this option is also available for released topics.