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From 5.5<\/em><\/span> and above, Zoom offers the administrators the ability to shrink all the revision history of a file on the server. This feature is called flattening. This operation simply retains the asset in its latest content\/ name\/location but removes all the past activity on that asset. Flattening can be invoked from the Asset Browser as well as from the command line client<\/span>. Only users in the superadmin<\/span> role are eligible to flatten <\/span>assets.<\/p>\n

The Mechanics of Flatten<\/h2>\n

Flattening operation leaves the asset of the same name, in the same parent folder, having the same data as its most recent revision. Only the revision history is erased. All other details like the metadata, keywords, links, layers, etc. are preserved.<\/p>\n

Only alive assets can be flattened (archived\/deleted\/expired assets are therefore not eligible).<\/div>\n

There is no discernible difference in any actions that are performed on the asset after flattening. It is as good as any other asset on the repository. Checkout, move, rename, metadata edit, smart-copy, preview, etc., will all work as before. You can even flatten it again (and again, and again..).<\/p>\n

Asset Re-born<\/h3>\n
Once an asset is flattened successfully, the asset will get a new asset ID.<\/div>\n

Because flattening assigns a new asset ID, certain existing associations will not be preserved. A checked-out file, if it is flattened on the server, will simply be deleted from the working copy on subsequent update operation. The flattened asset must be checked out anew. Similarly, an asset mapped to workflows, lightboxes*<\/strong><\/span> or collections when flattened will no longer be available.<\/p>\n

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Flatten will remove the association of that asset in workflows, lightboxes*<\/strong><\/span>, collections and existing working copies. Such associations will have to be created again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

* <\/strong><\/span>Till Zoom 6.0 only<\/p>\n

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Internal Details of Flattening<\/h3>\n

If you are interested in looking up the flatten history of various assets, you can inspect the Zoom Flatten Tracker database from inside the web-based admin portal.<\/p>\n

Zoom Web Management Console > Admin menu > System > Internal Tables > Flatten Tracker Table<\/div>\n

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\"flatten<\/a><\/p>\n

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Flatten Options<\/h2>\n

On command line ZM FLATTEN<\/span> is laid out as shown here:<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the asset browser<\/span>, flatten can be invoked from the right-click context menu, action menu and from Cart. as shown in the screenshot here:<\/p>\n

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\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

After successful flattening of an asset, all the existing revisions will be removed and new asset ID is displayed with the latest revision of that file.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

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