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Configuration Abilities

Activator 3 is delivered with a standard configuration.

The features below can be enabled or restricted by Anthill based on customer requirements.

Content Types

Content type

Default

Email

ON

Collection (Presentations)

ON

Web (Slides)

ON

Briefs

OFF

Content Modules

OFF

Configurable aspects per content type:

  • Creation – whether users can create new items of this type

  • Editing – whether existing items can be modified in Activator

  • Duplication – whether items can be copied to create new versions

  • Design system changes – whether the underlying design system can be switched

  • Publishing – whether content can be distributed to external systems

Features

Dashboard & Navigation

Controls what users see when they enter Activator and how they navigate content.

  • Dashboard overview showing available content

  • Create menu for enabled content types

  • Basic item actions such as “Duplicate” and “Settings”

  • Sharing actions

  • Open content directly in DAM

  • “Where-used” dependency tracking

  • Favorites and delete actions

Configurable:

  • Which content types appear in menus

  • Which actions are available per content type

  • Visibility of user profile options

Collections

  • Create Collections

  • Add and remove content from a Collection

  • Reorder items within a Collection

  • Generate MLR report for a Collection

  • Sharing Collections

Editing Capabilities

  • Content editing

  • Layout & components

  • Styles Panel

  • State- & interaction Panels

  • Navigation tree

  • Source code editing

Configurable:

  • Restrict advanced layout or styling features

  • Disable source code editing

  • Apply simplified (“lite”) editing modes for selected roles

Media & Assets

  • Browse DAM assets

  • Browse local and shared assets

  • Search and filtering

  • Uploading assets directly to DAM

Configurable:

  • Which asset sources are visible

  • Whether uploads are allowed per source

  • Available search filters

Design Systems

  • Browse design systems

  • Filter by governance level (global / regional / local)

  • Publish design systems

  • Guided onboarding for designers

Configurable:

  • Which design system types are visible

  • Ability to change design system on existing content

  • Visibility of design system navigation sections

Guided Wizards

  • Create wizard

  • Duplicate wizard

  • Publish wizard

  • Add existing DAM content

Configurable per wizard:

  • Which content types are supported

  • Which filters/fields are shown (e.g. product, country, language)

  • Which fields are mandatory

MLR

  • MLR view

  • MLR reports

    • Email-specific MLR report fields

Configurable:

  • Which metadata fields are available and mandatory

  • Which content types support MLR

9. Translation & AI

  • AI-assisted translation

Configurable:

  • Enable or disable translation per content type

10. Sharing & Governance

  • Share links

  • Open in DAM

  • Where-used analysis

  • Favorites

These features can be selectively enabled per tenant.

11. Role-Based Experience

  • Content Editors

  • Content Designers

  • Brand Designers

Configurable per role:

  • Access to advanced design tools

  • Access to source code

  • Visibility of content modules

  • Simplified editor modes

Variables

1. Content Types (Availability & Capabilities)

Configuration key

What this controls (customer description)

Default

documents_domain.documents.email.enabled

Whether Email documents is available in Activator

ON

documents_domain.documents.web.enabled

Whether Web (Slide) documents is available in Activator

OFF

documents_domain.documents.presentation.enabled

Whether Collections are available

ON

documents_domain.documents.brief.enabled

Whether Briefs are available

OFF

content_modules.enabled

Whether Modular Content are available

ON (hidden)

2. Dashboard – Create & Navigation

Configuration key

Description

Default

dashboard_create_documents.enabled

Shows the “Create” menu on the dashboard

ON

dashboard_create_documents.menuItems.emails

Allows creating Email documents from dashboard

ON

dashboard_create_documents.menuItems.web

Allows creating Web documents from dashboard

ON*

dashboard_create_documents.menuItems.presentations

Allows creating Collection from dashboard

ON

dashboard_create_documents.menuItems.briefs

Allows creating Brief documents from dashboard

ON*

dashboard_create_documents.menuItems.contentModules

Shows Content Modules in create menu

OFF

dashboard_side_menu.enabled

Shows the left-hand navigation menu

ON

*Visible but restricted by content-type rules.

3. Dashboard – Item Action Cards

Configuration key

Description

Default

dashboard_cards_grid.enabled

Enables action cards on content tiles

ON

dashboard_cards_grid.cards.duplication.*

Allows duplicating content

ON

dashboard_cards_grid.cards.settings.*

Allows opening document settings

ON

dashboard_cards_grid.cards.share.*

Allows sharing content

OFF

dashboard_cards_grid.cards.openInDam.*

Allows opening content directly in DAM

OFF

dashboard_cards_grid.cards.delete.*

Allows deleting content

OFF

(* = evaluated per content type)

4. Collections

Configuration key

Description

Default

collection_view.enabled

Enables Collections View feature

ON

collection_view.createNew

Allows creating new Collections

ON

collection_view.addToCollection

Allows adding content to Collections

ON

collection_view.reorder.enabled

Allows reordering items in Collections

ON

collection_view.share

Allows sharing Collections

OFF

collection_view.mlrReport

Allows generating MLR reports from Collections

ON

5. Editor Capabilities

Configuration key

Description

Default

document_content_panel.enabled

Enables main content editing area

ON

document_components_panel.enabled

Enables component & layout selection

ON

document_styles_panel.enabled

Enables styling controls

ON

document_states_panel.enabled

Enables states management

ON

document_interactions_panel.enabled

Enables interactions

ON

document_navigation_panel.enabled

Enables navigation tree

ON

source_code_editing.enabled

Allows editing source code

ON

6. Media & Assets

Configuration key

Description

Default

media_library.enabled

Enables asset library

ON

media_library.tabs.dam.enabled

Shows DAM assets

ON

media_library.tabs.local.enabled

Shows local assets

ON

media_library.tabs.shared.enabled

Shows shared assets

ON

media_library.tabs.dam.upload.enabled

Allows uploading assets to DAM

OFF

media_library.tabs.local.upload.enabled

Allows uploading local assets

ON

7. Design Systems

Configuration key

Description

Default

design_system_library.enabled

Enables Design System library

ON

design_system_publish_btn.enabled

Allows publishing Design Systems

ON

document_types.email.change_design_system.enabled

Allows changing design system on Emails documents

ON

document_types.web.change_design_system.enabled

Allows changing design system on Web documents

ON

8. Guided Wizards

Configuration key

Description

Default

creation_wizard.enabled

Enables guided content creation

ON

duplication_wizard.enabled

Enables guided duplication

ON

publishing_wizard.enabled

Enables guided publishing

ON

add_document_wizard.enabled

Enables adding existing DAM content

ON

Each wizard also supports:

  • Required fields (per content type)

  • Visible filters (per content type)

9. Compliance & MLR

Configuration key

Description

Default

mlr_view.enabled

Enables MLR view

ON

mlr_view.metadata.enabled

Allows editing MLR metadata

ON

mlr_view.metadata.allowedFields.*

Controls which compliance fields are visible

ON

collection_view.mlrReport

Enables MLR report generation

ON

10. Translation & AI

Configuration key

Description

Default

document_translation_view.enabled

Enables translation feature

ON

document_translation_view.documentTypes.email

Allows Email translation

ON

document_translation_view.documentTypes.web

Allows Web translation

ON

11. Sharing & Governance

Configuration key

Description

Default

dashboard_cards_grid.cards.share.*

Enables sharing links

OFF

dashboard_cards_grid.cards.openInDam.*

Enables opening content in DAM

OFF

12. Role-Based Overrides

Configuration key

Description

roles.*.features.*

Enables or restricts features per user role

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