Listing Folder Content

The structure browser view for project folder content provides a tree view of folder content along with actions that allow you to work with the content on one page. The tree view allows you to expand folder content for any project you have access to, in order to view and work with subfolders, documents, and files.


Before you begin: View the Dashboard for the project. See Working With Dashboards.
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  1. From the Categories menu for a project or project template, click Folders.

    The Folders page opens, listing all folders that you have "read" access to.

    The page has the following views, which are controlled by the dropdown in the upper-right corner:

    Content View. Shows a tree view of the content in each folder. The default view.

    Member Access View. Shows the member access rights to each folder.

    Role Access View. Shows the access rights to each folder by role.

  2. If not selected, click the dropdown in the upper-right corner and select Content View.

    Content View displays the following columns:

    Name. A tree structure that displays the name of the folder, document, and file name. For a controlled folder, the title of the folder displays. Click "+" to expand the folder to see its documents, files, subfolders and bookmarks. Click a folder name to see other options for working with the folder, as described in Working with a Folder. Click a document or file name to see its properties.

    [Lock]. This column consists of two numbers expressed as m/n. "m" is the number of files locked/checked out; "n" is the number of files checked in.

    Type. The type of object. For a folder, "Workspace Vault" indicates a simple folder; "Controlled Folder" indicates a revisionable controlled folder.

    Title. The title of the object. For documents, this is the title text if entered during creation; otherwise, this displays the default document object name.

    Action. Select one of the following actions on an object:

    Icon

    Name

    Action



    Download

    Download one or more files to your local machine. Browse to the directory or folder you want to contain the file. Multiple files are downloaded in a single zip file.



    View

    View the file in a registered viewer.



    Check Out and Lock

    Check out one or more files to your local machine and lock the files from other users who cannot unlock it. Navigate to the folder or directory you want to contain the file.



    Check In

    Check in and unlock one or more files.



    Locked

    Lock the file without checking it out. Shows the person who locked the file and the date locked.



    Unlock

    Unlock the file without checking in a new version.



    Subscribe

    View and select subscriptions for a document. See Working with Subscriptions.



    Add New Files

    Add new files to a document.



    Bookmark

    Launch the defined URL for a bookmark.

    Rev. The revision for controlled folders and documents.

    Ver. For document objects only, this is the total version number for a single file. For multiple files, click the version icon to view the file versions.

    Description. The description of the object.

    State. The current lifecycle state of the object.

    File Size. For files only, this is the file size.

    Owner. The project member who owns the object.

    Last Modified. The date on which the object was last modified.

    . For a folder, clicking this icon opens the Content page, For a document or file, this opens the Properties page.

  3. To view member access rights to folders, click the dropdown in the upper-right corner and select Member Access View.

    Member Access View displays the following columns:

    Name. The name of the folder. Click a folder name to see other options for working with the folder, as described in Working with a Folder.

    Type. The type of folder. "Workspace Vault" indicates a simple folder; "Controlled Folder" indicates a revisionable controlled folder.

    Owner. The person who owns the folder. Click a person's name to see details about the person.

    Default User Access. Indicates the default access to the folder. Values are None, Read, Read Write, Add, Remove, and Add Remove. Non-project members are restricted to Read or None default access.

    Inherit Access. A Yes/No indicator about inherited access.

    Yes indicates, for subfolders, that the subfolder's access list will inherit the parent folder's access list. Whenever the parent's access list is changed, the same change is made to the subfolder's access list. The subfolders's access list can be changed directly without affecting the parent's list. For top level folders, Inherited only applies when the Default Access is Read. In this case, all project members are added to the folder's access list and are given Read access.

    No indicates that the folder/subfolder's access list is not inherited from the parent. Changes to the parent or subfolder's access list are independent and have no affect on the other folder.

    Project Members. The default access privileges granted to project members. For example, Add or Remove.

  4. To view role access rights to folders, click the dropdown in the upper-right corner and select Role Access View.

    Role Access View displays the following columns:

    Name. The name of the folder. Click a folder name to see its content, as described in Working with a Folder.

    Type. The type of folder. "Workspace Vault" indicates a simple folder; "Controlled Folder" indicates a revisionable controlled folder.

    Owner. The person who owns the folder. Click a person's name to see details about the person.

    Default User Access. The default access privileges granted to users. For example, Read, Add or Remove.

    Inherit Access. Indicates whether all project members with a specific project role will inherit the pre-defined access controls.

    Project Role Access. Separate columns for each role show the access granted to a folder.

  5. To work with folders, use the page Actions menu or toolbar and click Folder Action. Then select one of the following actions:

    Create Folder. Creates a new folder. See Creating or Cloning a Folder or Subfolder.

    Clone/Copy. Copies the selected folder. See Copying a Folder.

    Delete. Deletes the selected folders; click OK to confirm. The project owner and Project Leads can delete any top-level folder that they have Remove access for. Any project member can delete a subfolder that the member has Remove access for. You can only delete folders that have no files or subfolders.

  6. To work with documents and files, use the page Actions menu or toolbar and click Document/Files. Then select one of the following actions:

    Create New Document. Creates a new document after selecting the folder to contain the document. For creating documents, see Creating a New Document.

    Add Existing. Adds an existing document after selecting the folder to contain the document. For adding documents, you first search for the document.

    Checkout. Checks out the selected file. If a document is selected having multiple files, you can select from the file list.

    Download. Downloads the selected file.

    Add to Folder. Adds the selected document or file to another folder in the project.

    Remove. Removes the selected document or file from the folder.

  7. To work with bookmarks, use the page Actions menu or toolbar and click Bookmark. Then select one of the following actions:

    Create Bookmark. Creates a bookmark for the selected folder. For information about creating bookmarks, see Creating a Bookmark.

    Delete Bookmark. Deletes a bookmark for the selected folder.

  8. To subscribe to events in a folder, select the folder. Use the page Actions menu and click Folder Subscription. See Subscribing to Folder Events.

  9. To subscribe to events in a document, select the document. Use the page Actions menu and click Document Subscription. See

  10. To push subscriptions to other users, select the folder or document. Use the page Actions menu and click Push Folder Subscription or Push Document Subscription.

    See Working with Subscriptions.

    Note: Only a Project Lead can push subscriptions.