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

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)

2. Dashboard – Create & Navigation

*Visible but restricted by content-type rules.

3. Dashboard – Item Action Cards

(* = evaluated per content type)

4. Collections

5. Editor Capabilities

6. Media & Assets

7. Design Systems

8. Guided Wizards

Each wizard also supports:

• Required fields (per content type)

• Visible filters (per content type)

9. Compliance & MLR

10. Translation & AI

11. Sharing & Governance

12. Role-Based Overrides