Set Category for New Assets in Cumulus 10

Customer requested all new assets uploaded automatically get assigned specific category titled "INCOMING". Users will then check in the new assets and move them to production categories when they are ready.

STEP 1: Right-click "$Categories" in your catalog to select "New Category..." Give it a title, for this demo we will use "INCOMING"

STEP 2: Go to Preferences -> Catalog Settings -> Record Fields -> Categories -> Properties... From the Field Properties window, click the Field Values tab. Then select the checkbox for "Use Initial Value", set the path to "$Categories:INCOMING", and click "OK"

STEP 3: To test, load some new assets into your catalog and confirm they are automatically assigned to the new category.