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Notification for public file folder only in case you follow this folder or the owner

In Connections 6.5 we use a lot the feature of a personal public folder to share files to all Connections users. In case a file is added or changed now all user are notified. This is not useful and disturbing. Please make it possible to change this.
almost 2 years ago in 03. Files 1 Needs Review

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...
almost 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...
almost 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...
almost 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...
almost 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...
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Transfer ownership folders

It is possible to transfer ownership of personal files. Why not the same option available for folders ? Of course including the files involved
about 2 years ago in 03. Files 1 No Plans to Implement

Remember sorting of Community Files

As of CR3/CR4 Files stores the last used view and sorting options for each user. But Community Files does not, which is inconsistent behavior and hard to explain to end users. It would be great to see the feature there as well.
about 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

File explorer widget should show a message for non invited memebers

After adding more channels in Highlights at the Files Explorer widget, but I am not a member of the community, for example, it would be nice if the info is displayed to the end-user instead of just remaining blank. 1) Create community with members...
about 1 year ago in 03. Files 0 Needs Review

Track usage of Shared Link for files

When sharing a file via link you cannot see how many people have taken advantage of it and, if authenticated, who has downloaded / viewed the file in question. This is important for two reasons: 1) audibility and 2) measurement of success.
about 4 years ago in 03. Files 2 Future Consideration