Assets are pieces of text, video, and photo content stored in Yext. They enable you to quickly access and apply frequently used content such as logos, slogans, templates for social posts, and other content.
Assets also allow you to manage content authoring by ensuring that your team is only using pre-approved or standardized content.
You can apply an asset by clicking the asset icon anywhere you see it while editing content in Yext:
This article details how to create a video asset.
- To create a different type of asset, see Add a Text Asset, Add a Photo Asset, or Add a Custom Asset.
- To edit an asset, see Edit an Asset.
- To delete an asset, see Delete an Asset.
- To use assets in Reviews, see Create Assets for Templated Review Response.
Add a video asset
Note: Video assets must be added in the form of a YouTube URL.
- Navigate to Knowledge Graph > Assets.
- Click the Add Asset dropdown and select Video.
- Enter a name for your asset. You can also set the language if you are using multi-language entity profiles.
- In the Content section, click Select Video and choose whether to enter a Youtube URL or search YouTube.
- Enter additional details for your video.
- Description
- Usage: select the Entity Fields in Yext where you want to be able to apply your asset.
- Labels: (optional) asset labels can also be used to restrict which assets are available to a custom field. To do so, add a specific label to the asset, then add the same label to the custom field.
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For entities: choose which entities this asset can be applied to. You can narrow down entities by folder and/or entity label. (Note that entity labels are separate from asset labels.)
- Click Save Asset or Save and Add Another.