Allowed operations

If you access Content Manager items through WebDAV, you cannot perform any action on any type of content item, even if your rights and permissions allow it.

The following table shows the actions you can perform on Content Manager items via WebDAV:

Item typeViewCreateEditDelete
Schemayesyesyesyes
Multimedia Schemayesnoyesyes
Metadata Schemayesnoyesyes
Parameter Schemayesnoyesyes
Embeddable Schemayesnoyesyes
Componentyesyesyesyes
Multimedia Componentyesyesyesyes
Page Templateyesyesyesyes
Component Templateyesyesyesyes
Template Building Blockyesyesyesyes
Folderyesyesnoyes
Publicationyesnonono
Virtual Folderyesnonoyes
Pagenononono
Structure Groupnononono
Categorynononono
Keywordnononono
Target Groupnononono

The following table shows exactly what actions you can and cannot do on Content Manager items via WebDAV:

Item typeRenameCut/pasteCopy/pasteStart and Finish Workflow ActivitiesCheck in and check out
Schemayesyesyesnoyes
Multimedia Schemayesyesyesnoyes
Metadata Schemayesyesyesnoyes
Parameter Schemayesyesyesnoyes
Embeddable Schemayesyesyesnoyes
Componentyesyesyesyesyes
Multimedia Componentyesyesyesyesyes
Page Templateyesyesyesyesyes
Component Templateyesyesyesyesyes
Template Building Blockyesyesyesnoyes
Folderyesnononono
Publicationyesnononono
Virtual Foldernoyesnonono
Pagenonononono
Structure Groupnonononono
Categorynonononono
Keywordnonononono
Target Groupnonononono