Can a light user upload an asset with all its metadata

[Andre117]

We are a company about to aquire the whole package of AEM, but our assigned Adobe sales rep can't tell us if a light user of the DAM can upload a file with all its metadata.

One of the reasons that we are looking forward this solution, is because our current DAM does not have its files with the proper metadata that we want, since we have lots of them, however, some external users, like agencies or providers are the ones who create the assets and upload them. We want them to be able to fill the metadata when they upload files, so we no longer have to do it, in order to keep a proper organization.

I understand Standrad users have all kind of capacities and accesses, but we are not giving our few Standard users to external collaborators, just Light type users.

Thank you.

[EstebanBustamante · Accepted solution]

Hi @Andre117 

AEM provides preconfigured groups with defined permissions, and the one that appears to align with your requirements is the 'DAM-USERS' group. You can learn more about it by visiting this link: DAM-USERS Group.

In addition to these default groups, AEM enables you to fully customize your groups and permissions to precisely match your specific needs. It's important to consider that the concept of a 'light user' itself is a customized aspect, as its definition may vary from one company to another. This suggests that you might need to create your own group with the appropriate permissions

Hope it helps

[Adilos-Cantuerk]

AEM saves the metadata within the asset itself.
So if an external user gets the right to upload, all the metadata that he has put into the asset will be displayed depending on your metadata schemata. So it is possible for an external user to add metadata into an asset before uploading. 

In addition, you could create a folder and give ace to a group or even a single user, so that this user would be able to (read, create, modify, delete, etc) only in the folder you want.