METRO Asset Center Online Help

To get introduced with MAC 2.0 

User guides: click link

MAC 2.0: benefits

Performance & Scalability

WHY?

1. Amount of content in MAC is increasing continuously (+40% since last year).
2. Content inflow Peaks from Marketplaces and Data providers.
3. Increasingly high impact from standard changes of the assortment - approx. 10% per month!

WHAT FOR?

Fast end to end publishing of assets regardless of input queue - from initial upload to being available for M:Shop < 2hrs.

Better user experience in MAC 2.0 new design

WHY?

A couple of self-explaining screenshots:

WHAT FOR?

To increase the user acceptance and the self service, and to decrease the ticket/support incidents with MAC 2.0.

Technology upgrade

WHY?

1. In time, 'under the hood' technology became outdated.
2. In general, the former technology stack did not fit to the architectural guidelines of Metro.

WHAT FOR?

1. To provide end users and consumers with all perks that 'state-of-the-art' technology is designed to: mainly cloud-readiness, scalability, performance.
2. Strategic Metro goal: to move into Google Cloud.

What's in MAC 2.0?

1. Brand & Campaign Navigator (BCN): 
   1. to search and navigate among the corporate campaigns and branding materials:
      endpoint: https://navigator.mac.metro-group.com/
      user guide: https://metroassetcenter.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/15000027699
      
      
   2. [advanced] to manage corporate campaigns and branding materials:
      endpoint: https://dam.mac.metro-group.com/assets 
      user guide: https://metroassetcenter.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/categories/15000001954/folders/15000008657?view=all 
      
      
   3. Presentation about the Reason Why we developed Brand & Campaign Navigator (attached, find the presentation below)
      
      
2. Google Drive / One Drive: for Head Office colleagues: export/import assets in/from MAC
   user guide: https://metroassetcenter.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/15000029345 
   
   
3. Catalogues: new handy approach for uploading
   MUA endpoint: https://upload-dam.mac.metro-group.com/
   user guide: click 
   
   
4. For Agencies: new handy approach for uploading
   endpoint: https://upload-dam.mac.metro-group.com/
   user guide: https://metroassetcenter.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/15000034180
   
   
5. FIR finder: to search and download product documents that should be available to a consumers according to European legislation
   link: https://fir.mac.metro-group.com/ 
   
   
6. MAC Asset Director (MAD): to revise and validate the incoming content manually
   endpoint: https://mad-dam.mac.metro-group.com/login 
   user guide: click link
   
   
7. Technical interfaces:
   1. MAC Access Layer API:  
      documentation: https://confluence.metrosystems.net/display/MAC/%5BMAL+REST+API%5D+Version+1.0
      1. to find assets where master file (the binary) was updated within the requested period
      2. to retrieve CDN links to images
         
         
   2. MAC ONE API: extended capabilities:
      swagger documentation: https://auth-mac.mac.metro-group.com/swagger/index.html &  https://metro-oneapi.mac.metro-group.com/swagger/index.html
      1. download asset in original quality
      2. change asset metadata in MAC
      3. delete asset from MAC
      4. upload asset in MAC
      5. parse GS1 filename (both German and international GS1 standards are supported)
      6. track uploading and validation status
      7. track publishing status
         
         
   3. Brand new 'upload - storage' interface for mass uploads: S3 approach, click link for the details

Should you have any questions, simply contact MAC Support team at: mac@sourcingsupport.de.