🏛️Product base types: settings for creators and usage

[antirotor]

Changelog Description

Changing the usage of product_type to product_base_type and adding support to customize product type in creator settings.

Additional notes:

There is lot to be refactored, like imprint functions on the loaders, how render instances are created on-the-fly, etc.

Testing notes:

Warning

You'll need ynput/ayon-core 1.8 and higher

• Publishing and loading should work as before
• When you define new product type in the settings, you should be able to see new items in the publisher.
• Product name should work ok, you should be able to see changes if/when appropriate token is used in the template
• Publishing of instances created with new product type and loading them should work

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request migrates the codebase from using product_type to product_base_type as part of a broader architectural change to support customizable product types in creator settings. The PR updates the AYON Core dependency to version 1.8.0 or higher and AYON Server to version 1.10.0 or higher, which are required for this functionality.

Changes:

• Added ProductTypeItemModel to server settings for configuring custom product types in creator plugins
• Migrated all loader and creator plugins to use product_base_type instead of product_type
• Updated version requirements for AYON Core (>=1.8.0), AYON Server (>1.10.0), and AYON Deadline (>=0.7.0)

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 24 out of 24 changed files in this pull request and generated 10 comments.

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File	Description
server/creators.py	Added ProductTypeItemModel and product_type_items field to BasicCreatorModel for customizable product types
package.py	Updated version requirements for core, server, and deadline addons
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/publish/extract_layout.py	Changed product_type to product_base_type in JSON element data
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/publish/create_farm_render_instances.py	Updated to use product_base_type and productBaseType
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/publish/collect_render_files.py	Updated to use product_base_type and productBaseType
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_yeticache.py	Added product_base_types attribute with backward compatibility alias
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_uasset.py	Added product_base_types with backward compatibility, updated imprint calls
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_staticmesh_fbx.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_staticmesh_abc.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_skeletalmesh_fbx.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_skeletalmesh_abc.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_layout_existing.py	Updated to use product_base_type with fallback pattern for backward compatibility
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_layout.py	Updated to use product_base_type with fallback pattern for backward compatibility
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_image_png.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_geometrycache_abc.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_camera.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints and docstring
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_animation.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/load/load_alembic_animation.py	Refactored imprint method with type hints, docstring, and product_base_type support
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/create/create_uasset.py	Added product_base_type attribute with backward compatibility alias
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/create/create_staticmeshfbx.py	Added product_base_type attribute with backward compatibility alias
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/create/create_render.py	Added product_base_type attribute with backward compatibility alias
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/create/create_layout.py	Added product_base_type attribute with backward compatibility alias
client/ayon_unreal/plugins/create/create_camera.py	Added product_base_type attribute with backward compatibility alias
client/ayon_unreal/api/plugin.py	Updated to use product_base_type, refactored caching logic for products, and added type hints

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[LiborBatek]

I am able to define and see my product types withing the Publisher UI...

On the Layout note, I was able to succesfully load the Layout product following with Camera Animation so all good atm...

There are some errors in the console (enclosing but not sure if related at all)

LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/char/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/char/combat_mech/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/char/combat_mech/modelMain_v008/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/char/spartan_halo/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/char/spartan_halo/rigMain_v003/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/char/star_fury/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/char/star_fury/modelMain_v006/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/enviro/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/enviro/MainChamber/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/enviro/MainChamber/modelMain_v003/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container/modelMain_v012/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container_military/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container_military/modelMain_v003/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container_scifi_01/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container_scifi_01/modelMain_v002/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container_scifi_02/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/container_scifi_02/modelMain_v005/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/power_generator/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/assets/props/power_generator/modelMain_v011/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/AyonPublishInstances/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/episodes/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/episodes/ep01/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/episodes/ep01/sq01/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/episodes/ep01/sq01/sh010/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/episodes/ep01/sq01/sh010/animationspartan_halo_rigMain_01__v008/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.
LogEditorAssetSubsystem: Error: FindAssetData failed: Can't convert the path '/Game/Ayon/episodes/ep01/sq01/sh010/cameraMain_v009/' because it doesn't contain an asset name.

I was able to publish and test it for staticMesh and render with custom productName succesfully...

so basically apart form those logs above it seems its working fine.

@antirotor let me know if I should approve then...

[LiborBatek]

Works for me. I have defined some product aliases, and tested the overall functionality and also succesfully published few product types...including render and all good!

Here you can see succesful publish of custom product name for render product

[antirotor]

Those log messages are probably unrelated, but something to keep an eye on. Lets merge it and observe