Resolve content & geometry updates in layouts (censhare Client)
Geometry Update Flags in censhare
What geometry update flag is
The geometry update flag is mainly used with the InDesign layouts assets.
The flag shows differences between the following assets:
planned and actual pages
planned and placed assets
assets and their variants.
Please note that several discrepancies may occur at the same time.
Flags and their meaning
In the Java Client, differences are marked using the following flags.
Icon | What it shows |
|---|---|
Displays a discrepancy between planned and actual page element within the asset. This state may occur e.g. if pages of the asset planning have been changed (moved/added/removed). | |
Appears at the parent asset and displays modifications which have been applied to the child asset. This modification could be a moved page in placed assets as well as additional or removed placements. Also displays new versions of layout geometry variants or variants with update flag of the master asset. | |
Appears on the child asset and displays a modification of the parent asset, which should be applied to the child asset. |
Use cases and how to resolve geometry update flags
1 - A page has been added (in asset planning)
How to resolve
Using censhare Client: check out the asset and use the geometry update action from the InDesign palette
Using censhare Render-Client: automatic command “Update Asset”
Additional information
On the asset, the flag is searchable as the feature (Own) Geometry Update, with the key censhare:function.has-update-self-geometry .
In the asset XML, this flag appears as following:
in the layout asset, the asset node has
has_update_geometry="1"in parent and child assets, every
update_parameter is set to0
2 - A page has been moved (in asset planning)
How to resolve
Using censhare Client: check out the asset and use the geometry update action from the InDesign palette
Using censhare Render-Client: automatic command “Update Asset”
Additional information
Identical behaviour as in case 1.
3 - A page has been deleted (in asset planning)
How to resolve
In order to prevent unintended loss of information, this flag can only be resolved after a manual removal of pages in the asset planning in the censhare Client. When you use the geometry update action from the InDesign palette, the following warning will be displayed: Please reduce available elements .
After you delete the page, the geometry update can be resolved using the geometry update action from the InDesign palette.
Additional information
Identical behaviour as in case 1.
4 - A page deleted while editing the layout, but still planned in asset planning
After a check-in of the layout the geometry update flag is displayed like in case 1.
How to resolve
Using censhare Client: check out the asset and use the geometry update action from the InDesign palette.
Using censhare Render-Client: automatic command “Update Asset”.
Additional information
Identical behaviour as in case 1.
5 - Placement of new elements (ad, picture…) on the layout
How to resolve
Using censhare Client: check out the asset and use the geometry update action from the InDesign palette.
Using censhare Render-Client: automatic command “Update Asset”.
Additional information
On the asset, the flag is searchable within planned placements as the feature Child Geometry Update, with the key censhare:function.has-update-child-geometry.
In the asset XML, this flag appears as following:
for the layout asset, in child relation node (
child_asset_rel),has_update_child_geometryis set to1.for the picture asset, in the parent relation node (
parent_asset_rel),has_update_child_geometryis set to1.
6 - Moving of elements (ad, picture…) on the layout
How to resolve
Using censhare Client: check out the asset and use the geometry update action from the InDesign palette.
Using censhare Render-Client: automatic command “Update Asset”.
Additional information
Identical behaviour as in case 5.
7 - Working with layout geometry variants
The variant layout is usually a layout geometry variant. Updates of the master asset to the layout geometry variant are also shown with the geometry update flag.
How to resolve
Using censhare Client: check out the asset and use the geometry update action from the InDesign palette.
Using censhare Render-Client: automatic command “Update Asset”.
Additional information
When there is a new version of the master asset, then, in the asset XML, this flag appears as following:
the layout variant node (
child_asset_rel) of the master asset will havehas_update_contentset to1.the layout master node (
parent_asset_rel) of the variant asset will havehas_update_contentset to1.
8 - Working with manual variants with update flags
The text variant is usually a manual variant with update flags. In this case, the geometry update flag is used to show update flags in relation to the manual variant.
How to resolve
This flag can only be resolved using the censhare Client action “Reset update flag for variant”:
Additional information
In the asset XML of the manual variant, the parent relation node (parent_asset_rel) has has_update_content set to 1.