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Audrey27
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Identifying image use on other folders

  • May 17, 2022
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Image A is expiring and there are 20 different folders in AEM.

Before removing Image A, I will need to identify which of the 20 folders is associating with Image A.

 

How do I go about doing so?

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Best answer by lukasz-m

Hi @audrey27,

In case you have copy of the same image in multiple folders in the DAM, you can simply run query e.g from crx/de. Below is an example of query that will search for all the folders that contains image with specific name. You can easy change criteria from name to other property. The example query will look for all folders in entire DAM (/content/dam) that includes asset with name 48-hours-of-wilderness-1.jpg

SELECT * FROM [nt:folder] AS folder
INNER JOIN [dam:Asset] AS asset ON ISCHILDNODE(asset, folder)
WHERE ISDESCENDANTNODE(folder, "/content/dam")
AND name(asset) = "48-hours-of-wilderness-1.jpg"

However, if by folders associated with asset you mean collections, then you can get list of the collections that include reference to given asset under asset properties. Below is sample screen, it shows list of all references so pages and collections - you can easy recognize collection by its location.

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Himanshu_Jain
Community Advisor
Himanshu_JainCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
May 17, 2022

How you are associating 20 folders with image A?

You need to copy in each and every folder .

For pages you can check in properties reference tab it will display the list of pages where your image is in use.

 

Himanshu Jain
    arunpatidar
    Community Advisor
    arunpatidarCommunity Advisor
    Community Advisor
    May 17, 2022

    Hi,

    you can check the asset reference from asset properties https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-65/assets/managing/managing-linked-subassets.html?lang=en

     

     

    Arun Patidar
      DEBAL_DAS
      DEBAL_DAS
      New Member
      May 17, 2022

      Just curious to know, How are you associating multiple DAM folders with same image and what is the advantage of it?

      Debal Das, Senior AEM Consultant
        lukasz-m
        Community Advisor
        lukasz-mCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
        Community Advisor
        May 17, 2022

        Hi @audrey27,

        In case you have copy of the same image in multiple folders in the DAM, you can simply run query e.g from crx/de. Below is an example of query that will search for all the folders that contains image with specific name. You can easy change criteria from name to other property. The example query will look for all folders in entire DAM (/content/dam) that includes asset with name 48-hours-of-wilderness-1.jpg

        SELECT * FROM [nt:folder] AS folder
INNER JOIN [dam:Asset] AS asset ON ISCHILDNODE(asset, folder)
WHERE ISDESCENDANTNODE(folder, "/content/dam")
AND name(asset) = "48-hours-of-wilderness-1.jpg"

        However, if by folders associated with asset you mean collections, then you can get list of the collections that include reference to given asset under asset properties. Below is sample screen, it shows list of all references so pages and collections - you can easy recognize collection by its location.

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