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Document Types and Metadata Sets API Basics

Document Types and Metadata Sets API Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Liferay's headless delivery application provides REST services for Documents and Media that add document types and...

Digital Asset Management

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Digital Asset Management Use Liferay’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) features to store, organize, and reuse documents, images, and other media across your site. The Documents and Media library...

Documents and Media Analytics

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Documents and Media Analytics Documents and media files are assets you want site users to look at or download. Analytics Cloud provides insights on user engagement with your documents and media...

Accessing Documents with WebDAV

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Accessing Documents with WebDAV You can access the Document Library from your desktop file manager via WebDAV. WebDAV is a protocol based on HTTP for managing files stored on web servers. WebDAV is...

Sharing Documents with Other Users

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Sharing Documents with Other Users Using DXP's Documents and Media app, users can share files directly with each other. You can disable sharing. For instructions on this, see Enabling and...

Publishing Documents

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Publishing Documents Liferay makes it easy to publish and showcase documents and other types of media files. As you begin uploading media files, you probably want to start sharing them on your...

Adaptive Media Configuration Reference

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Adaptive Media Configuration Reference Liferay 7.3 U28+/GA28+ and 7.4 U78+/GA78+ With Adaptive Media, you can configure supported media types, determine the resolutions used for previews and...

Using Adapted Images in Site Content

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Using Adapted Images in Site Content Adaptive Media operates in the background to create multiple resolutions for images uploaded to Liferay DXP. When used in blogs, web content, or content pages,...

Creating SharePoint Repositories in Documents and Media

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Creating SharePoint Repositories in Documents and Media Once you've added a SharePoint OAuth2 configuration, you can use it to create repositories in Documents and Media that are mounted to...

Enabling Liferay's REST Connector to SharePoint

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Enabling Liferay's REST Connector to SharePoint Requires DXP Subscription; Compatible with SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online Liferay's REST Connector to SharePoint integrates Documents and...

Documents and Media UI Reference

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Documents and Media UI Reference The Documents and Media application is used to store, view, and manage files for your Liferay DXP instance. It's available in all sites and can be enabled for asset...

Generating Images Using AI

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Generating Images Using AI Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ The Documents and Media application provides integration with OpenAI's ChatGPT engine using the AI Creator tool. With an OpenAI API...

Publishing and Sharing

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Publishing and Sharing

Managing Document Access

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Managing Document Access Effectively managing document access in Liferay ensures that your organization’s data remains secure while being accessible to the right users. Control document access by...

Documents and Media Permissions Reference

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Documents and Media Permissions Reference Liferay 7.4 U76+/GA76+ Manage access to Documents and Media assets using application and resource permissions. With role-based access control, you can...

Enabling and Configuring Sharing

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Enabling and Configuring Sharing The Sharing configuration allows users to share files with each other. You can enable file sharing at the Global, Virtual Instance, and Site scopes. Sharing is...

Managing Document Changes with Checkout

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Managing Document Changes with Checkout When you check out a document in the Document Library, only you can make changes to it until you check it back in. This prevents conflicting edits on the...

Permissions and Documents

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Permissions and Documents With Liferay's permissions framework, you can control which users can create, view, download, and manage Documents and Media assets. You can give permissions to an...

Using Adaptive Media

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Using Adaptive Media Liferay 7.4+ Liferay Adaptive Media processes images stored in the document library to produce copies at different resolutions. Once generated, you can use the adapted images...

Adding Image Resolutions

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Adding Image Resolutions By default, Adaptive Media includes two image resolutions: preview and thumbnail. You can define additional image resolutions to help optimize site performance for common...

Managing Image Resolutions

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Managing Image Resolutions You can manage adapted image resolutions via the Adaptive Media application. This includes manually generating adapted images, disabling/enabling resolutions, as well as...

Migrating Documents and Media Thumbnails to Adaptive Media

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Migrating Documents and Media Thumbnails to Adaptive Media DXP automatically generates image thumbnails in Documents and Media using Adaptive Media, which is included by default starting with DXP...

Uploading and Managing

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Uploading and Managing Use your Liferay environment to upload and manage digital assets. This section covers topics from the basics of uploading files to advanced management of digital documents...

Configuring Document URLs

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Configuring Document URLs Liferay 7.4 U27+/GA27+ When a file is uploaded, Liferay automatically generates a friendly URL for accessing it. This URL uses the following structure:...

Using Workflow with Documents and Media

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Using Workflow with Documents and Media Documents and Media is fully integrated with Liferay's workflow engine. This means you can define custom review and approval processes for your files. In...

Configuring Limits for File Previews

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Configuring Limits for File Previews Liferay DXP 2024.Q1/Portal GA112 Users can preview certain documents (e.g. PDF or text files) in the Documents and Media application; however, previews can...

Copying Folders and Documents

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Copying Folders and Documents Liferay 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ With Documents and Media, you can copy folders, files, and shortcuts between sites and connected asset libraries. This can accelerate...

Creating Documents

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Creating Documents You can use external tools like Google Drive and Microsoft Office 365 to create, edit, and store documents, spreadsheets, and presentations directly within Liferay's Documents...

Creating and Editing Documents with Google Drive

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Creating and Editing Documents with Google Drive You can use Google Docs™ to create and edit text documents, spreadsheets, or presentations for storage in the Docs and Media library. When you...

Creating and Editing Documents with Microsoft Office 365

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Creating and Editing Documents with Microsoft Office 365 Use Office 365™ to create and edit text documents, spreadsheets, or presentations for storage in the Documents and Media library. After...

Linking to Files on Google Drive

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Linking to Files on Google Drive You can create files in your Document Library that link to files in Google Drive™ or images in Google Photos™. To enable this functionality, see Enabling Links to...

Managing Files

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Managing Files Once you've added files to your document library, you can manage them via the Documents and Media UI. To access management actions for a file, select it or click Actions (Actions...

Defining Document Types

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Defining Document Types In Liferay, Document Types are templates used for uploading files and categorizing them in Documents and Media. These templates are created using metadata fields and provide...

Defining Metadata Sets

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Defining Metadata Sets With Documents and Media, you can define reusable groups of metadata fields that can be added to custom Document Types. Once created, these Metadata Sets can be selected...

Editing Images

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Editing Images Liferay's Documents and Media includes a built-in image editor for cropping and rotating images without switching contexts. To use the image editor, open Documents and Media, click...

Enabling DocuSign Digital Signatures

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Enabling DocuSign Digital Signatures Liferay Portal 7.4 GA3+ You can now integrate DocuSign digital signatures into your Liferay documents. DocuSign is a service that manages documents to be...

Managing Metadata

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Managing Metadata Leverage your Liferay environment to manage metadata for your digital assets. Learn how to define and organize metadata to enhance the searchability and usability of your...

Uploading Files

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Uploading Files With Documents and Media, you can upload any type of file to your Liferay instance's file store or connected repositories. Once uploaded, users with the requisite permissions can...

Using File Expiration and Review Dates

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Using File Expiration and Review Dates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ With the Documents and Media application, you can set expiration and review dates for files. This helps manage digital assets that...

Using Folders

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Using Folders By default, uploaded files are stored in the Documents and Media root folder (i.e., Home), but you can create additional folders to organize and manage your files. Each folder can...

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