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You use the Document Info menu and the Document Actions menus on the Document Details page in Browse Documents to work with documents.

 

Note: You will only see those actions for which you have the appropriate permissions on the folder where the document is stored.

 

IMPORTANT - ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES!

When KnowledgeTree's electronic signatures functionality is enabled for your system, you will need to re-authenticate (enter your KnowledgeTree username and password) when performing most actions on documents and folders.

 

 

Document Info Menu

Display Details - the default view on a document's  Document Details page. Displays a summary, including: filename, file type, version, etc.

 

Permissions - displays the current permissions set up on the currently selected document, e.g. the roles and groups who have permissions, and what permissions they have, e.g. read, write

 

Transaction History - displays a transaction history for a currently selected document, and includes a record of all transactions performed on the document

 

View Roles - displays the roles who have permissions on the currently selected document

 

 

Document actions Menu

Check-in - checks in a currently checked out document

Note: This option displays only if the

currently selected document is

checked out by you

 

Cancel checkout - cancels the checked out status of the currently selected document, if you are the user who checked out the document. Any changes you made to the document on your local environment will not be updated the version that is restored to KnowledgeTree

 

Download Document - downloads a copy of the currently selected document so that you can view it and/or save it to your local environment

 

Alerts - view, edit and delete existing alerts, and add new alerts on the currently selected document

Note: This feature is only available

in KnowledgeTree Commercial

Editions.

 

Archive - removes the document to the KnowledgeTree  archive

 

Change Document Ownership - changes the document ownership. The new user becomes the document 'owner'.

 

Checkout - checks the document out for editing on your local computer. The document is locked in KnowledgeTree until you check it in after your edit is done.

 

Copy - copies the currently selected document to another location in KnowledgeTree.

 

Delete - moves the currently selected document to KnowledgeTree's 'deleted documents' storage location. The document may be expunged or restored by the system administrator.

 

Discussion - add new discussion threads, display and close existing discussion threads, and a post to an existing thread on the currently selected document

 

Edit Metadata - edits the currently selected document's  metadata (e.g. the document type and associated information, file name, tags, etc). The metadata version will be updated.

 

Email - sends an email message regarding the currently selected document, with an attachment or download link, to internal KnowledgeTree users, or to external users, depending on the email options configured for your system.

 

Generate PDF -  converts the currently selected document to PDF.

 

Links - displays and deletes existing links, and adds new links for the currently selected document. Links may be external (to pages on the Internet for example), or internal (to other KnowledgeTree documents)

 

Make immutable - sets the document as 'immutable' so that no further content changes can be made to the document. Note that this action cannot be done.

 

Move - moves a document to another location in the repository.

Note: You must have appropriate

permissions on the folder to

perform this action.

 

RSS - generates a link (URL), which you can copy to an external feed reader in order to view feeds on the document from outside of KnowledgeTree

 

Rename - changes the document file name.

Note: You must have appropriate

permissions on the folder to

perform this action.

 

Request Assistance - sends a request for assistance on the currently selected document, to the system administrator and the document owner.

 

Workflow - displays any assigned workflows on the currently selected document, or starts a workflow on the document

Note: This option displays only if

KnowledgeTree workflows supports

the document type of the currently

selected document, and if you

have the appropriate permissions on the

folder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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