View and specify attachments
Attachments listed on a work item page link to information (such as documents in an object store or library)
you use to complete the work. See About Attachments
for general information on attachments.
Check the instructions on the work item page for information about using
the attachments in this particular step.
To view or modify an attachment or target
If the attachment is an array, see Edit
attachment array rather than the procedure below.
- In the open work item, select the Attachments
tab to display the list of attachments.
- Select the attachment name in the list.
- As appropriate, use the tools on the Attachments toolbar to perform
the following actions on the selected attachment:
Operations on the selected attachment
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Assign Attachment |
Assign a target to the selected attachment. Click Assign
Attachment on the toolbar, then do one of the following,
depending on the location of the target:
- If the target is in an object store or library,
open the object store or library
and browse or search to locate the target (document, folder,
stored search, and so on). If you are using FileNet Web Services,
see Document search example.
- If the target is either a file on a shared disk or a web
address, click Other, then
select the appropriate option-UNC for a file, or URL for a
web address.
For UNC,
click Browse to locate the
document, or type the path and filename.
For URL,
type the URL beginning with http://
Optionally, you can leave the target for this attachment blank.
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Unassign Attachment
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Remove the assigned target from the selected attachment.
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- As appropriate, use the tools on the toolbar to perform actions on
the attachment target.
Operations on the attachment target
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View Document
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View the target of the selected attachment. If your viewer
application does not recognize the format of the target, the
target will not display. If you do not have Viewer access to
the target, the button is disabled.
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Open
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Open the selected item in an appropriate application available
on your computer.
If the target is a folder, a Browse page displays the contents
of the folder where you can select individual items. You can
then use the tools on the toolbar to perform the appropriate
operations on the selected item. Note that although the Link
Workflow and Launch Workflow
toolbar buttons appear to be enabled, you cannot link or launch
a workflow from the target.
To open a UNC attachment in the Netscape browser in the Open Client environment, add three forward slashes to the address.
For example, in the browser's address line change:
file://remoteserver/dir1/dir2/file.ext
to:
file://///remoteserver/dir1/dir2/file.ext
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Checkout Document
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Check out the target from a library and save it on your local
system.
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Checkout and Open |
Check out the target and open it for editing. |
Checkin Document
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Check in the previously checked out target.
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Cancel Checkout
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Cancel checkout of the target. |
Version List |
Display the list of versions of the target, including
checkin information, access to archiving features, and other options. |
Properties
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Display the properties of the target. |
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TIP
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