Thumbnails
Use
You use thumbnails (miniature graphics with low resolution) in
Collaboration Folders
(
cFolders
) to obtain a preview of your potentially numerous cFolders objects that provides you with a visual impression of the content of that object. A file preview of this kind offers a quick method of differentiating between objects particularly if there are large numbers of them.
Prerequisites
You have write authorization for the object for which you want to create, change, or delete a thumbnail .
You have set the
Display Thumbnails
indicator under
Settings
General
Special Functions
so that the system displays the thumbnails.
Features
Thumbnails are available for the objects
folder
,
material
, and
document
on the detail page (
folder
) or the overview page (
material
,
document
) of the relevant object.
Activities
You can create, change, and delete thumbnails for an object.
To create a thumbnail, upload a picture from your local hard disk or a network server.
Check whether your web browser supports the file format of your picture (for example, *.jpg, *.bmp, *.gif, and so on).
You can use the Business Add-In (BAdI)
Thumbnails
to perform checks when you create or change a thumbnail. For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for
Collaboration Folders
under
Business Add-Ins (BAdIs)
Thumbnails
.