Overview
The Pictures tab allows you to store pictures associated with an item in 1place. These pictures can be used in the Customer Portal, allowing customers to view pictures of items, and can also be used with supported sales integrations.
Pictures can be uploaded individually, from a folder, from Google Drive, or by adding picture URLs.
How to Access Item Pictures
- Go to the Item List.
- Open the item you want to view or manage.
- Select the Pictures tab.
The Pictures tab displays the pictures associated with the selected item and provides options for adding new pictures.
How to Upload a Picture of an Item
- Go to the Item List.
- Open the item you want to add a picture to.
- Select the Pictures tab.
- Click Upload Pictures.
- Select Upload an Image.
- Select the image file you want to upload.
The selected picture will be uploaded and associated with the item.
How to Upload Images from a Folder
- Go to the Item List.
- Open the item you want to add pictures to.
- Select the Pictures tab.
- Click Upload Pictures.
- Select Upload Images from a Folder.
- Review the Image Upload Server Settings.
Image Upload Server Settings
Partial Match Items with ____ or more characters that are the same.
Overwrite (replace) any pictures on the server that are an exact picture name match from the selected folder.
Avoid selecting folders that contain more than 10,000 files, including sub-folders.
- After reviewing the settings, click Proceed to continue.
- Select the folder containing the images you want to upload.
Each image in the selected folder should use the Item Number as the file name so that the images can be matched to the appropriate items.
- Once the folder is selected, a loading bar will appear showing the progress of the upload.
- Wait for the upload to complete.
- Click Close.
The pictures will be uploaded and associated with the corresponding items.
How to Upload Images from Google Drive
- Go to the Item List.
- Open the item you want to add pictures to.
- Select the Pictures tab.
- Click Upload Pictures.
- Select Upload Images from Google Drive.
- A new window will appear asking you to confirm the Google account you want to use to upload the pictures.
Uploading Pictures Using a URL to the Picture
- In 1place, open Item > Pictures (tab) > Upload Pictures (button)
- Add URLs to Pictures
How to Create the Proper URL address
If Pictures will be uploaded to a 'shared' 1place Web server (in a subfolder on the 1place shared Azure VM)
(finish later)
If Pictures will be upload to a dedicated Azure Storage Container (on Azure account)
- https://<storage-account-name>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/<folder>/<file>
- For instance: https://ksiimages.blob.core.windows.net/item-pictures/HO1000266.jpg
Important Requirements
For that link to work publicly:
- The container access level must be set to
Blob (anonymous read access) or Container.
You can check this in the Azure portal:
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Go to the storage account
Click Containers
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Open ksiimages
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Click Change access level
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Set to Blob (anonymous read)
