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03. Files

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"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 6 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 6 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 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Select all Files

Please offer an possibility for an user to select all files with one click, e.g. when a user tries to transfer ownership of his files (more then 2000) to another user. As the My Files page is a scrolling page, the user is forced to first scroll do...
about 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

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

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.
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 2 Future Consideration

Improve the Utility generateThumbnailsForAllFiles

Improve the Utility generateThumbnailsForAllFiles by changing code to restrict thumbnails to only certain files requires. In this situation the customer faces an issue with Thumbnails not properly generated. Tracing is needed, but the only option ...
almost 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

When file is saved via Sync, create a new version

Currently, when you work via your sync folder, when you save the file, the current version is overwritten. Often this is fine, but if you want to save the current version in the version history and make the next update a new version, you can only ...
about 6 years ago in 03. Files 3 Future Consideration

Single copy storage in connection Files

When end user upload a file to Files, the system should be able to identify if this file existed in Files already. If yes, just add a link, no need to upload it again. It will save much network bandwidth and server storage.
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

Share a file once

When a user shares a file with an email address which is not registered on Cloud, they are taken to the "invite page" https://apps.na.collabserv.com/manage/subscribers/inviteGuests/input , and asked to fill in the first name and surname. Once this...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 1 Under Consideration