A document is a file that contains textual or graphical
information. This could be a plain text file or a file created using a
word processor.
The
Documents tab page is divided into
three sections:
Featured Documents, Manage Folders and
Manage
Documents. Use options from the
Show drop down
box to list your documents using predefined search patterns.
From the
Featured Documents section,
choose one of the options from the
Show drop down
box. A summary of all documents matching your selection will be displayed
in a few seconds. To view a listed document in detail, click the
View link.
You can also view your documents by searching the contents of your
folders. All of your folders are listed in the
My Folders drop
down box located in the
Manage Folders section.
- Select a folder to view from the My Folders drop
down.
- Click the View Folder button to view the contents
of the selected folder.
- Click on any of the listed documents to view details about that
document.
You can download or open documents you have saved
to your salesboom.com account. When the documents are displayed on
the
Documents tab page or in a search or generated
report, click the
View link. This will display the
document details. You can also use the hierarchy view to select documents.
You can then download or save the document.
- Click the View / Save [
]
button. A File Download dialog box will appear.
- Click the Open button to read the file now.
Click the Save button to download the file to
your local computer.
The hierarchy view allows you to view your entire
folder structure and all of the documents contained therein.
- To view your folder and document hierarchy, click the All
Available Folders & Documents link located in
the upper right corner of the Documents tab
home page or you can click the View All Folders & Documents link
located in the Document Tools section. This
takes you to the Folder & Document Hierarchy page.
- Use the open all and close all links to expand and collapse all
listed folders.
- Use the

icons
to expand and collapse one folder at a time.
- Click a listed document to view details about the document.
- Click a listed folder to view details about the folder.
The
Featured Documents section
displays a summary of documents. The documents that are listed depend
upon the viewing option chosen from the
Show drop
down box. Choose a different option form the
Show drop
down box to display documents that match different criteria. You can
also select a letter from the alphabet list located at the top and
bottom of the summary. This will display a summary of documents beginning
with the selected letter. In either case, to view a listed document
in detail, click the
View link.
See Also:
Sorting Reports and Views
Through
Manage Folders you can create
a directory structure to help organize your documents. The default root
folder is
My Documents and is usually represented by a
forward slash, "/".
- Select a folder from the My Folders drop down
box. This will be the parent folder.
- Click the Add Subfolder button located to the
right of the My Folders drop down box. This takes
you to the New Document Folder page.
- Enter a name for the folder in the Folder Name text
field. You have already chosen a Parent Folder but
you can change it now if you wish.
- Click the Save button to create the folder. Click Cancel to
abort.
- The new folder will now be listed in the My Folders drop
down box located on the documents tab home page.
Select the folder you want to delete from the
My
Folders drop down box. Click the
View Folder button
to view the folder details. Also, you can use the hierarchy view
to select the folder you want to delete. Both of these methods will
take you to the
Document Folder page.
Edit
- Click the Edit button. This takes you
to the Edit Document Folder page.
- Make any changes to the folder.
- Click Save to save your changes. Click Cancel if
you do not want to apply any changes.
Delete
- Click the Delete button. You will be prompted
to verify that you want to delete the folder.
- Click OK to delete the folder. Click Cancel if
you do not want to delete the folder.
- Choose a folder from the My Folders drop down
box located in the Manage Folders section. This
is the folder that the document will be added to.
- Click the Add Document button located to the right
of the My Folders drop down box. This will take
you to the New Document page.
- Fill in your information in the Document Information and Document
Selection sections of the form. The document you add can
either be uploaded from your local computer, which you can Browse to,
or downloaded from a network or web location, for which you must
type in the network path or URL.
- Click the Save button to save the specified file.
When uploading or replacing a document, you can
send notification to any number of users within your organization.
Perhaps you want to notify your manager or a colleague when you have
uploaded a newer version of a document. Upon receiving notification,
the user can then view the document by searching your document folders,
assuming they have permission to do so. Follow these steps to send
notification:
- In the Sending Notification To section, use
the

buttons
to add or remove users from the Notified Users list.
- Type your notification message in the Notification Message text
box.
- Click the Send button to send notification to
the selected users.
When documents are displayed on the Documents tab
page or as the result of a search or generated report, click the View link
to view the document in detail. You can also use the hierarchy view
to select documents. You can then Edit, Replace or Delete the
document.
Edit: Click the Edit Properties button
to change the details for the document. You can change the document's
name, the folder in which it is located, the description and the
search keywords. Click the Save button to save
your changes.
Replace: Click the Replace Document button.
This will take you to the Replace Document page.
Specify the replacement document in the Document Replacement section.
The document can either be uploaded from your local computer,
which you can Browse to, or downloaded from
a network or web location, for which you must type in the network
path or URL. Click the Save button to replace
the document with the one you have specified. Click Cancel to
abort.
Delete: Click the Delete button. You
will be prompted to verify that you want to delete the document.
Click OK to delete the document. Click Cancel to
cancel the deletion.
Click the
All Available Folders and Documents link
located in the top right section of the
Documents tab
page. This will display the
Folder and Document Hierarchy for
the entire organization.
- Select the document you want to move by browsing the folder
and document hierarchy. Documents and folders owned by you
will be listed under your salesboom.com username.
- Click the Edit Properties button. This takes
you to the Edit Document page.
- Click the list [
] icon
located to the right of the Folder text field.
A window will pop up displaying a folder hierarchy.
- To locate the folder you want to move the document to, use the

icons
to expand and contract the directory tree.
- Once you have found the folder you were searching for, select
it. The directory hierarchy window will disappear and the folder
you chose will appear in the Folder text field.
- Click the Save button to move the document to
the specified folder.