Asset types

Review a list of the asset types that can be submitted to the Central Management component.
Table 1. Asset types for the Central Management component
Asset type File extension Example value Description
Data sources Not applicable http://server:port/data_provider/data.xml URLs to a data source or a data source schema, which are used to configure the document generation. Data files or data itself cannot be stored as Data source assets in the Central Management component. You can store them as Files and create a Data source URL to that file.
Document specifications .dsx C:\Users\user\Desktop\specification.dsx Links to document specifications or the document specifications themselves created in the Launcher application for configuring the output.
Files .xsd, .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf, .png, .jpg, .gif C:\Users\user\Desktop\image.jpg Links to files or the files themselves to use as data, data source schemas, included files, or images. Archive files or links to archive files cannot be stored in the Central Management component.
Scripts .js C:\Users\user\Desktop\script.js Links to JavaScript or the JavaScript files themselves to use in the template elements.
Settings Not applicable true Remote document generation properties and preferences set for the organization. If the Override user value option is selected, the user cannot change the setting from the client applications.
Snippets .dta C:\Users\user\Desktop\snippet.dta Links to templates or templates themselves that contain sections of reusable elements that can be added to any template.
Stylesheets .css, .doc, .docx, .dot, .dotx C:\Users\user\Desktop\style.css Links to style sheets or the style sheets themselves that can apply consistent formatting to document output. If the style sheet contains macros, include the names of the macros that the style sheet contains so that report generators know which names to use in their document specifications.
Templates .dta C:\Users\user\Desktop\template.dta Links to templates or templates themselves created in the Document Studio application.
Value set Not applicable

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A collection of values that you can use to specify the configuration metadata for data source schemas or for variables.
Variables Not applicable Default_value A variable that can be reused in any template.

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