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Employee
September 24, 2025
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Content Hub Preview for ZIP File Assets

  • September 24, 2025
  • 2 replies
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Request for Feature Enhancement (RFE) Summary:  
Use-case:
 
In AEM, a proper preview can be generated, but this functionality is missing in Content Hub.
 
Current/Experienced Behavior: Many assets are stored in ZIP file formats, but Content Hub currently displays them as blank folders or icons.
Improved/Expected Behavior: need for a feature to generate previews for ZIP files automatically to avoid manual effort
Environment Details (AEM version/service pack, any other specifics if applicable): AEMaaCS
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2 replies

kautuk_sahni
Employee
October 8, 2025

@jeyamarinos Thanks for proposing this idea. This has been reported to the engineering under the internal reference ASSETS-57907. The product team will triage this request to verify feasibility based on the prioritization model. This post will be updated according to Jira's status.

Kautuk Sahni
New Participant
September 25, 2025

Hi @jeyamarinos ,

 

AEM doesn't support preview for zip or archive files OOTB. If you need it, this has to be a custom functionality.

I have tried using other DAM systems also, most of those does not support this because of security (I guess).