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03. Files

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Convert community file to personal file

Currently it is possible to convert a personal file to a community file, but not yet the other way around
about 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

Deleting folders doesn't delete files within that folder

If a folder is deleted inside a Community, the files that were contained in the folder are not deleted. Instead they are still available in the "All files" section of the Community. Only the association of the file with the folder is being deleted...
over 4 years ago in 03. Files 2 No Plans to Implement

Administrator can turn off to share Files to externals.

Many customers request the feature to prohibit user to share files to external for their security policy. Org admin should have the option to turn off to share files to externals.
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

Connections Windows Explorer Integration

I would like: The possibility to Add To Folder from "My Files" section Also Copy/Paste directly under "My Folders" to upload new version or add a file. I would also like to access Files uploaded to Blogs via the Windows Explorer.
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

For the Moderation tab on the home page, looking at Files for content approval we only see file name

For the Moderation tab on the home page, looking at Files for content approval we only see file name, no additional metadata such as the community it belongs to.I definitely see the value in having the additional data since some content may be app...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 No Plans to Implement

Possibility to get notified if a user starts downloading a lot of data

Customer suggests to consider the possibility to get a notification as an admin or at least to see it in a log file or whatever if some internal users are downloading big data from communities? What I'm thinking about is something similar to the d...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Make files actionable by using activities and relations

When working with files, it would be VERY helpful if you could do a simple thing: Connect files to activities right in the file preview right panel. Therefor I recommend another tab called relations where you can do this: add relations betwee...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 Under Consideration

"Link to files" hangs with large amount of files in library

Since IBM Connections 5.5, the implementation of the "Link to files" dialogue around files pagination has changed compared to previous release. When you open "Link to files" for linking files into Activities, Wikis, Blogs etc, the dialogue uses se...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 Future Consideration

Folder ""updated"" timestamp needs to be updated when a new file version is uploaded/modified.

A folder that contains a file(s) does not have it's "updated" timestamp modified when a user updates a file's version, uploads a new files version, or modifies a current file version in any way.The timestamp is only modified when a new file is add...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

File upload - Skip existing

Enhancement request for the IBM Connections Desktop Plug-in and Outlook Plug-in: In certain customer situations we recognized that users are uploading a whole folder to IBM Connections Files. If a file is already uploaded the user gets a notificat...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration