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title: "Connecting assets to products | Customer's Canvas Hub"
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# Connecting assets to products

> In this topic, you will learn how to connect assets to a product. If you don't have them in your tenant, you can refer to the [Designs](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/admin-guide/manage-assets/design.md) and the [Mockups](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/admin-guide/manage-assets/mockups/importing-mockups.md) sections to learn how to import or create them first. For product links, see the [Product Links](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/admin-guide/pim/products-links.md) article.

To connect assets to your product, navigate to **Products**, click the ellipsis, and then select **Asset connections**. 

![Asset connection property in the PIM module.](./images/pim-asset-connection.gif)

Here you see asset connections for this product. There are two tabs: **Designs** and **Mockups**. In these tabs, you can manipulate the correspondent assets.

### Designs

Let's start from the **Design** tab. Here you can see a table with designs connected to a product. 

![The designs connected to the product.](./images/pim-design-highlighted.png)

Each row in this table defines a design file and a set of options for which this design will be used.

The **File name** column is always presented and displays the file name and its location in the **Assets**. The other columns are named according to our product options: **Size**, **Form**, **Style**, and **Paper stock**. In their cells, you can see the option values.

### Mockups

The **Mockup** tab is similar to the **Design** tab but with some differences. Let's consider them.

![The mockups connected to the product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-mockups-ready.gif)

Each row in this table defines a mockup file and a set of options for which this mockup will be used.

The columns **Mockup type** and **Pages** are always displayed. The other columns represent our product options: **Size**, **Form**, **Style**, and **Paper stock**. 

In the **Mockup type** column, you can see what mockup type is selected. There are three types of mockups in Product Information Management:

* **Thumbnail** mockups show a product on a storefront.

* **Editor** mockups display a product on the canvas.

* **Preview** mockups show a preview image at the approval step.

The **Pages** column defines which design page is shown in this mockup.

## Manipulating assets

### Adding 

To add new assets, click the **Add file** button. When a new dialog box opens, you can see a folder tree of the **Asset** section. 

To select an asset, click it and then click **Select**. 

A new asset will be added.

In this example, we add a design file. The same works for mockups. 

![Adding assets to asset connection menu.](./images/pim-asset-connection-add-file.gif)

### Searching

You can search designs by file name using the **Search** field.

![Searching assets by file name.](./images/pim-asset-connection-searching-by-file-name.gif)

### Filtering

Use the **Filter** to display assets by options. In this example, we filter designs by **Size** with the value **8.5 x 11**.

To clear filters, click **Clear all**.

![Filtering assets by options and values.](./images/pim-asset-connection-filter.gif)

### Sorting

Files are sorted by default. To sort them in alphabetical order, click the arrow near the **File name** column header.

![Sorting assets by a file name.](./images/pim-asset-connection-sorting-assets.gif)

### Selecting 

You can **Edit** and **Remove** a single asset as well as a group of selected assets.

To select an asset, click the checkbox to the left of its thumbnail. To select all assets, click the top checkbox. 

![Selecting assets.](./images/pim-asset-connection-selecting-designs.png)

### Connecting

The connection process for both **Designs** and **Mockups** is almost the same. First, you will see an example based on the **Designs**. Then, consider mockup features.

#### Designs

To connect designs to a product, click the ellipsis and select **Edit**.

In a new dialog box, select values for this design and then click **Apply**. 

In this example, we applied **8.5 x 11**, **Z-form**, **Real Estate**, **Premium**, and **Regular** values to this design. You can see them in a list of designs.

![Connecting a design to a product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-values-one.gif)

The same actions can be performed for a group of selected assets: select some designs, click the **Edit** button, select values for these designs, and then click **Apply**. 

Here, we applied the **Paper stock** option and the **Premium**, and **Regular** values to two designs.

![Connecting selected design to a product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-values-for-selected-designs.gif)

#### Mockups

To connect a mockup, go to the **Mockups** tab, select a mockup, click the ellipsis, and select **Edit**. 

When a dialog box opens, select the **Mockup type** and specify the required pages.

If you want to apply this mockup to all design pages, select **All**. If you want to list the pages, first select **Custom**.  When the **Page range** input field appears, input page numbers. Next, select options values like in **Designs** tab. Finally, click **Apply**.

![Connecting mockups to a product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-mockup-editing.gif)

### Removing

You can delete an asset or a group of selected assets. To select an asset, click the ellipsis in its row, and select **Remove**. This design will be removed.

To remove a group of designs, select them, and click the **Remove** button.

![Removing assets.](./images/pim-asset-connection-removing.gif)

### Replacing

To replace an asset, click the ellipsis in its row, and then select **Replace**. In a new dialog box, select a new asset and click **Apply**. This asset will be embedded here with the same connections instead of the previous asset.

![Replacing assets.](./images/pim-asset-connection-replacing.gif)

Now that you've learned how to use the **Asset connections** in the PIM module, let's see how to connect assets to a product from scratch.

## Creating asset connection

Let's connect designs and mockups to a product. 

For example, we have the `Brochure` product. It has the following options and values:

* **Size**: `8.5 x 11`, `11 x 17`
* **Form**: `Z-form`, `B-form`
* **Style**: `Real Estate`
* **Paper stock**: `Regular`, `Premium`

So, you have such product variants:

* `8.5 x 11` / `Z-form` / `Real Estate` / `Regular`
* `8.5 x 11` /`Z-form`/ `Real Estate` / `Premium`
* `8.5 x 11` / `B-form` / `Real Estate` / `Regular`
* `8.5 x 11` / `B-form` / `Real Estate` / `Premium`
* `11 x 17` / `Z-form` / `Real Estate` / `Regular`
* `11 x 17` / `Z-form` / `Real Estate` / `Premium`
* `11 x 17` / `B-form` / `Real Estate` / `Regular`
* `11 x 17` / `B-form` / `Real Estate` / `Premium`

### Selecting product options

First, let's select all the product variants for designs and mockups.

To do so, open the product list, click the ellipsis in a product row, select **Edit**, click the **Designs** tab, and select all design options. 

Let's do the same for mockups: click the **Mockup** tab and select all mockup options.

![Selecting product options.](./images/pim-asset-connection-selecting-desings-mockups.gif)

### Connecting designs

Let's connect designs to the product. To do this, go to a product, click the ellipsis, and select **Asset connections**. 

To add designs, click **Add file**. In a new dialog box, select designs, then click **Apply**. Those designs will be added to the table.

In this example, we add four designs. They are of two different sizes and forms. Each design has two pages. 

![Added designs without options and values.](./images/pim-asset-connection-empty-designs.png)

Now let's connect them to product options. You can apply an option to all design files. In this case, these are the **Style** and **Paper stock** options.

For this, select all designs and click **Edit**. In a new dialog box, select options and their values. Click **Apply**. Now all designs are connected to the **Style** option and its value `Real Estate`. Then, designs are connected to the **Paper stock** and its values `Regular` and `Premium`, 

![Connection designs to a product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-design-editing.gif)

Let's do the same for the **Size** and **Form**. This is how the result looks:

![All designs are connected to a product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-design-ready.png)

Now you can connect mockups to a product.

### Connecting mockups

To connect mockups to a product, go to a product, click ellipsis, and select **Asset connections**. Then, go to the **Mockups** tab.

In this example, there are eight mockups. Each of them shows a product from two sides: inside and outside. It means that one mockup represents the first page and the other represents the second page of a design file.

To add mockups here, click the **Add file** button. In a new dialog box, select mockups and click **Apply**.

This is how mockups look.

![Added mockups without options and values.](./images/pim-asset-connection-mockups-empty.gif)

Now let's connect them to a product. First, select mockups displaying the first page and click **Edit**.

In a new dialog box, select a mockup type. In this example, all mockups will be **Thumbnail** and **Preview**. 

These mockups show the first page in a design. In the **Page** drop-down list, select **Custom**, and in the **Page range** string, input `1`. Click **Apply** to save results.

![Defining a mockup type and pages.](./images/pim-asset-connection-mockups-pages.gif)

Once you have connected the mockups to other options, the table will look like this:

![Mockups with options and values.](./images/pim-asset-connection-mockups-ready.gif)

## Testing connections in products

You can test asset connections in a product. To do so, go to the product list, click ellipses in a row, and select **Edit**. Then, click the **Design** tab, verify the connections, and click the **Mockup** tab. 

In the **Designs** tab, you can check whether designs are connected to product variants. 

![Checking design connection in a product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-check-designs.png)

In the **Mockups** tab, you can check the same for mockups.

![Checking mockups connection in a product.](./images/pim-asset-connection-check-mockups.png)

## Testing connections in assets

Connected assets keep information about their connections. To see it, go to **Assets** > **Design** or **Mockups**. Then, right-click an asset and select **Connections**. In a new dialog box, you will see a connection defining the product name and product options with values.

In this example, you see connections of a design file. These connections consist of:

* the **Brochure** product name.
* the **Form** option and the `Z-form` value.
* the **Style** option and the `Real Estate*` value.
* the **Size** option and the **11 x 17** value.
* the **Paper stock** option and the `Regular`, `Premium` values.

![The connection properties in an asset.](./images/pim-asset-connection-checking-in-assets.gif)