Navigation

On the Navigation metadata page, you can view navigation lists, modify the order they appear, and set a navigation list as the default.

To create navigation metadata, you will first have to create a List as an Attribute and enable it for navigation.

How to Create Navigation Terms

Go to Metadata in the side menu.

Then go to Attributes and click on Add New Attribute at the top-right of the page.

Add new attribute

Choose List as the ‘Type’.

Type dropdown

List type in dropdown

Then choose Yes for ‘Enable navigation?*‘.

Enable navigation boolean

Provide your navigation terms as the List Options.

Type in the navigation term and then click Add.

Add navigation metadata

Choose Applicable Entity Types* from the list by selecting its checkbox beside it.

You can select all by clicking on the checkbox at the start of the list. This will choose which assets will have the navigation metadata applicable to it.

Entity type selection that this navigation will apply to

Then choose whether this will be a required selection for all assets it applies to by choosing Yes or No.

Choose whether navigation terms are required

Save the list and it will now be available as a navigation option.

How to View Navigation Metadata

When viewing the catalogue, the navigation metadata will be in the secondary left-hand menu.

The navigation terms will be displayed. You can view the assets in each navigation area.

You will need to apply the navigation metadata to assets by [editing it on the asset's information page.](/portal/catalogue/#catalogue-actions)

navigation menu

You can also choose another navigation set using the dropdown at the top of the menu.

change navigation menu

Set Default Navigation Term Metadata

You can set what will be used as the default navigation metadata on the ‘Navigation’ page.

Click on Edit at the top-right of the page.

Edit navigation

Choose the navigation list that will be the default and click on the tick on the right in the ‘Actions’ column.

Set default navigation

This will set the navigation list as default. It will be the navigation list set when first viewing the catalogue.

Set default navigation

Change the Order of Navigation Lists

You can modify the order of the navigation lists in the navigation dropdown in the catalogue.

Select the checkboxes on the left of its row.

Move navigation order

Click and hold to drag using the icon beside it to change the order in the dropdown.

Move navigation order