Consonance - OpenText Core Digital Asset Management Integration and Automation

Common Integration Use Cases Between Consonance and OpenText Core Digital Asset Management

1. Centralized cover and marketing asset delivery to title records

Flow: OpenText Core Digital Asset Management ? Consonance

Marketing and design teams can store approved cover images, author photos, jacket copy files, and promotional graphics in OpenText Core Digital Asset Management, then push selected assets into the corresponding title record in Consonance. This ensures editorial, production, and sales teams always work from the latest approved files without manually searching shared drives or email attachments.

Business value: Reduces version errors, speeds up title setup, and improves consistency between metadata and published assets.

2. Automated asset approval and publishing readiness workflow

Flow: Consonance ? OpenText Core Digital Asset Management

When a manuscript reaches key milestones in Consonance, such as cover approval or final production signoff, the system can trigger asset review tasks in OpenText Core Digital Asset Management. Once assets are approved, status updates can flow back to Consonance to advance the title to the next stage. This creates a controlled handoff between publishing workflow and asset governance.

Business value: Improves cross-team coordination and prevents titles from moving forward before required assets are approved.

3. Metadata synchronization for discoverability and reuse

Flow: Consonance ? OpenText Core Digital Asset Management

Consonance can send title metadata such as ISBN, title, author, imprint, format, publication date, and rights territory to OpenText Core Digital Asset Management to tag and organize assets. This makes it easier for teams to search, reuse, and distribute assets by title or campaign, while keeping asset metadata aligned with publishing records.

Business value: Improves asset findability, supports reuse across editions and formats, and reduces manual tagging effort.

4. Rights-aware asset access and distribution control

Flow: Consonance ? OpenText Core Digital Asset Management

Rights information maintained in Consonance can be passed to OpenText Core Digital Asset Management to control which assets are visible or downloadable by region, format, or license period. For example, a cover image or audiobook sample can be restricted based on territory rights or embargo dates stored in the publishing workflow system.

Business value: Helps publishers avoid rights violations and ensures only authorized assets are used in downstream channels.

5. Multi-format title package assembly

Flow: OpenText Core Digital Asset Management ? Consonance

For a single title, OpenText Core Digital Asset Management can store and manage the full asset set needed for print, ebook, and audio releases, including interiors, covers, sample chapters, and promotional files. Consonance can then reference these assets as part of the production workflow for each format, helping teams assemble complete title packages faster and with fewer omissions.

Business value: Supports efficient multi-format publishing and reduces delays caused by missing or incomplete asset sets.

6. Campaign asset handoff from publishing to marketing operations

Flow: Consonance ? OpenText Core Digital Asset Management

As publication dates approach, Consonance can publish finalized title information and approved creative assets into OpenText Core Digital Asset Management for use by marketing, publicity, and sales enablement teams. This gives downstream teams a single source of approved content for retailer pages, social campaigns, catalogs, and launch materials.

Business value: Accelerates go-to-market execution and reduces the risk of using outdated title information.

7. Audit trail and compliance support for asset-linked publishing decisions

Flow: Bi-directional

Consonance can store references to the approved asset version used for a title, while OpenText Core Digital Asset Management can retain the approval history, usage logs, and file lineage. Together, the systems provide a clear audit trail showing which asset was approved, when it was used, and which title or edition it supported.

Business value: Strengthens governance, supports compliance reviews, and simplifies issue resolution when questions arise about published materials.

8. Post-publication asset updates for revised editions and reprints

Flow: OpenText Core Digital Asset Management ? Consonance

When a cover refresh, revised author photo, or updated promotional image is created in OpenText Core Digital Asset Management, the new version can be linked back to the relevant title or edition in Consonance. This is especially useful for reprints, special editions, and backlist refreshes where asset changes must be tracked against existing publishing records.

Business value: Keeps backlist and reissue workflows accurate while reducing manual reconciliation between production and asset teams.