Dalet Flex Core: Actions: Ingest Plugins

These plugins enable you to ingest assets into Dalet Flex.

Default Ingest

This plugin supports basic ingest of media files into Dalet Flex. The plugin supports retrieving a file and creating a new Dalet Flex asset. If the file comes with a manifest file then the metadata will be extracted and associated with the new asset.

Properties

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type	Ingest	Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	I/O	Classification of this plugin
Deployment	Internal	Whether the plugin is deployed inside Dalet Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting		Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context	job, asset, event*	What Dalet Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. *Note: The event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler.
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether to select a timeout
Auto retry		Whether to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Dalet Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration

If the folder resource is specified, then the filesystem path is ignored. If the folder resource is not specified, then a filesystem path must be specified.

The variant options allow for specifying the variant type of the asset on ingest.

Field	Field Type	Mandatory	Multiplicity	Description
Disk File Id	string			Unmanaged file object reference
Copy Source File	boolean			If set to true copy from source file, otherwise move the source file
Folder Resource	Resource (Folder)			The output file(s) will be placed in the specified folder resource
Filesystem Path	string			The output file(s) will be placed in the specified server filesystem location
Reference Name	string			Reference name
Variant	complex		0..1	Specify the variant and optionally the metadata definition to set on the asset. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured.
Variant	string			The variant to set. This must be a valid configured variant name.
Metadata Definition	Metadata Definition		0..1	The metadata definition to set. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured.