Using Media Manager in Salesforce Communities

Media Manager can be used in Salesforce Communities. The Salesforce Admin can add the Media Manager component to the Community. It can be used in any page in the community including home or record detail pages.

 

1

Parent ID

The Parent ID by default is the {!recordId} to display the slider on a record detail page in Salesforce Communities

2

Height

Specify the height of the Media Manager section. The default height is 400 px

3

Source

Choose if it is a File/Attachment/Both

4

File Type

Provide the file type Image/Audio/Video/Text/PDF. If the field is left blank, it accepts all the mentioned file types.

5

Default View

Specify the default view (Slider View/List View/Tile View)

6

Slider

Allow user to view in Slider

7

List View

Allow user to view in List View

8

Tile View

Allow user to view in Tile View

9

Order By

Choose to order by last modified date or created date

10

Sort Order

Choose to order the files/attachments in ascending/descending order

11

Background Color

Choose a background color

12

Allow Full Screen

Allow to display the files on a Fullscreen

13

Get Files from Email Attachments

Enabling this feature decides whether to show files and attachments from Emails. This is applicable only to Case Object where cases are created by Customer Service Request Emails

Media Manager does not show any preview on Salesforce Communities. The Community has to be published to show the Media Manger component on Communities.

Media Manger Component on Communities