Answers.Body: <p>Problem solved thanks to Craft Twitter support; needed to re-build the Asset Indexes; because I'd added that field after already creating an entry the asset index was stale and needed flushing.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Open Craft admin dashboard</li>
  <li>Click <em>Settings</em></li>
  <li>Click <em>Update Asset Indexes</em></li>
  <li>Click <em>Go!</em></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>This process scans through the list of assets in the database and ensures it matches what is in the file system and updates the database as needed.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a field 'Event Listing Image' set up as: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Field Type: Asset</li>
  <li>Restrict uploads to single folder</li>
  <li>Upload location [Events]{slug}</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>There's an asset bucket Events:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Local Folder</li>
  <li>File System Path: {fileSystemPath}/content/events/</li>
  <li>URL: /content/events/</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>The field is in a section named Events of type Channel.</p>
  
  <p>The system folder /content/events/ exists and is writable.</p>
  
  <p>If I edit an existing Entry in that channel, I can click upload in that field, but it errors every time with:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Upload failed for test.jpg. The error message was: ”Error uploading the file: The folder “/Users/matt/Sites/bs_conwyarts/_bespoke/public/content/events/test-event/” does not exist.“</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I know it doesn't, it's dynamic based on the entry slug. Why is Craft not creating the folder?</p>
  
  <p>Irony: I have a field called Featured Image set up almost identically on a different Channel that does work:</p>
  
  <p>Featured Image:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Field Type: Asset</li>
  <li>Restrict uploads to single folder</li>
  <li>Upload location [Artists]{slug}</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Asset bucket Artists:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Local folder</li>
  <li>File System Path: {fileSystemPath}/content/artists/</li>
  <li>URL: /content/artists</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>UPDATE: looks like a bug. It works fine for new entries posted in the Events channel, it does not work for the existing entry in the Channel. I think I added the field in question <em>after</em> creating the first entry, so it looks like that might be the culprit.</p>
  
Tags: <assets>
Title: Why aren't dynamic folders being generated for assets?
ThreadText: # Why aren't dynamic folders being generated for assets?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-04)
  
  I have a field 'Event Listing Image' set up as:
  
  * Field Type: Asset
  * Restrict uploads to single folder
  * Upload location [Events]{slug}
  
  There's an asset bucket Events:
  
  * Local Folder
  * File System Path: {fileSystemPath}/content/events/
  * URL: /content/events/
  
  The field is in a section named Events of type Channel.
  
  The system folder /content/events/ exists and is writable.
  
  If I edit an existing Entry in that channel, I can click upload in that field, but it errors every time with:
  
  > Upload failed for test.jpg. The error message was: ”Error uploading the file: The folder “/Users/username_0/Sites/bs\_conwyarts/\_bespoke/public/content/events/test-event/” does not exist.“
  
  I know it doesn't, it's dynamic based on the entry slug. Why is Craft not creating the folder?
  
  Irony: I have a field called Featured Image set up almost identically on a different Channel that does work:
  
  Featured Image:
  
  * Field Type: Asset
  * Restrict uploads to single folder
  * Upload location [Artists]{slug}
  
  Asset bucket Artists:
  
  * Local folder
  * File System Path: {fileSystemPath}/content/artists/
  * URL: /content/artists
  
  UPDATE: looks like a bug. It works fine for new entries posted in the Events channel, it does not work for the existing entry in the Channel. I think I added the field in question *after* creating the first entry, so it looks like that might be the culprit.
  
  **Tags:** assets
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2014-12-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Problem solved thanks to Craft Twitter support; needed to re-build the Asset Indexes; because I'd added that field after already creating an entry the asset index was stale and needed flushing.
  
  1. Open Craft admin dashboard
  2. Click *Settings*
  3. Click *Update Asset Indexes*
  4. Click *Go!*
  
  This process scans through the list of assets in the database and ensures it matches what is in the file system and updates the database as needed.
  
  
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