Hey Travis or Lens Studio Community,
Is there a way to publish a lens to your account without making it a publicly available lens? Let's say I'm making a lens for a media partner that wants to keep their projects IP private, while also allowing the creator to share it with media partners for approval, so that they can try it on their own mobile device to approve.
Thanks for any insight,
- George
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Hi George,
After you submit a Lens, you can turn on the "do not promote" option by:
Opening "My Lenses"
Clicking on the Lens you want to not promote
Clicking on the three dots in the bottom right corner of the Lens details view
Clicking on "Do not promote"
Clicking "Okay" to acknowledge the statement
Then your Lens will not be promoted in Lens Explorer and won't be searchable but please note that others will still be able to scan and use your Lens. Your statistics will disappear for a couple minutes as the system resets your Lens, but they will reappear shortly.
I recommend this setting for client approval, just make sure to provide them with the Snapcode.
In the meantime, you can always go into My Lenses and switch the Lens to OFFLINE. This will turn the Lens off and then when you are ready to make it live again, just go back to My Lenses and turn it on. You can also submit a new version of the Lens, which will update the creative, but not the Snapcode.
Let us know if you have any questions!
Cheers,
Karolina
Hey Karolina,
Thanks for your response, that's exactly what I'm looking for :). Although, one side thought, when looking at the My Lenses window in Lens Studio, I don't see any option to switch the lens offline. I see "Deactivate" is that the same feature? Nobody could use the lens if it's "offline"? Even if you send the snapcode for the lens?
Cheers,
George
Hi George,
Yes, you'd use the Deactive Button to turn your Lens offline. While a Lens is offline, the Snapcode will be deactivated and anybody who scans it will be shown an error message.
Cheers,
Karolina
Hey Karolina,
Thanks for the information, your responses have answered all of my questions!
Cheers,
George