Uploading Assets

You can upload new assets (multiple files and folders) to your mounted volume to share with other Pilot users. The user name and time of the upload is recorded when uploading.

Note: Pilot includes a limitation for the total number of files and their combined size that can be uploaded. The limits are currently: 1000 total files whose total, combined, size is less than1GiB.

IMPORTANT: Xinet Pilot supports uploading assets from a Macintosh environment using AFP and from Windows and Linux environments using Bonjour mounted volumes.

To upload multiple assets:

1.	In the navigator, select the volume to upload the new assets to.

2.	In the toolbar, at the top of the Pilot interface, click Upload Files.

3.	Click in the Upload dialog box to open a Finder window.

4.	Browse to the assets you want to upload, select the assets you want to upload, and then click Open.

Tip:	(Press Control+Shift to select multiple files and folders).

5.	Enter the metadata for the assets selected and click Upload File.

The metadata added is assigned to all of the assets you have uploaded.

6.	Click Close.

To replace an asset:

1.	In the navigator, select the volume to upload the new assets to.

2.	In the toolbar, at the top of the Pilot interface, click Upload Files.

3.	Click in the Upload dialog box view to open a Finder window.

4.	Browse to the assets you want to upload, select the assets, and click Open.

A dialog box “A file with this name already exists in this location” displays three options.

5.	Select one of the following options and click Next.

• Let the server choose a new name for this file

The original file name is used followed by a sequential number. For example, Me-Photo_1.jpg.

• Overwrite the existing file

• Rename this file - Type a new file name into the field

6.	Enter the metadata for the asset and click Upload File.

7.	Click Close.