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The Content Library is a repository for storing files that you want to share. Valid file types include Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, HTML, text (such as an e-mail), web pages and images, but the list of file types can be customized by your system administrator.

Integration

To use this feature, select Content Library in Interface for Web or go to http://<server_name>/OSoft/Contents/WebContentsList.aspx.

Features

You can use the Content Library features to post, share, retrieve, and manage the display of documents.

Documents that have an application context are associated with a current view. For example, a Microsoft Word document might be associated with a particular report. If you want to view a report and anything that is associated with that report, you can view a particular current view. Relevant reports and documents are displayed.

Activities

  • You can post documents that reside on a hard drive or network folder. Posted files display in a list and are filtered by a user’s current view, a user’s view rights to information, and any manual filters set.

  • You can delete items that you posted to the Content Library list. Select one or more items and click Delete Selected Items from the Content Library Options action pane.

  • When you post a document to the Content Library using the Content Library Options action pane, you can describe the document, set access to the document, and determine whether you want to send a notification e-mail about the posting.

  • You can view one item by choosing its title. You can view multiple items from the Content Library list in tabs, which allows you to flip through the tabs to easily view each file. You select items you want to view and click Open selected items in tabs.

  • To sort the list, click Sort this list from the Content Library Options action pane or by click a column heading.

  • You can categorize, sort, and filter documents in the Content Library list by the following elements:

    • Document type and subtype

    • Application context

    • Access rights

    • Date

  • You can filter the items in the Content Library list to see a subset of the files by clicking Filter this list from the Content Library Options action pane.

  • You can assign a document type and subtype to aid sorting and filtering. System administrators define document types. Subtypes are defined by a user when the document is posted.

  • You can create pages in the Content Library for displaying content and also set access to those pages. See Creating a Web Page.

  • To open multiple Content Library items in separate tabs, select two or more items and choose Open selected items in tabs.