Hi all, is there a way to disable the creation of multi-files documents?
Thanks
Marie
Hi all, is there a way to disable the creation of multi-files documents?
Thanks
Marie
Multi-file documents are a core feature of M-Files so it's not possible to completely disable their use as far as I know. May I ask what is the issue you are dealing with? New M-Files users may need some training to grasp the concept, see for instance this discussion on some thoughts on the topic.
Multi-file documents are a core feature of M-Files so it's not possible to completely disable their use as far as I know. May I ask what is the issue you are dealing with? New M-Files users may need some training to grasp the concept, see for instance this discussion on some thoughts on the topic.
is it possibility to deny a multi-file conversion option in a specific class or workflow? document history is a very important in some cases for us, and it disappears if document are converted to multi-file, or is it any way to restore the multi-file to separate documents with the history?
Conversion to a multi-file document should not remove anything from the version history, it should just create a new document version like this:
What is the behavior like in your vault? Is it possible that there are for instance some event handlers that would modify the version history?
Ah, that's a bit different case. Version history is always specific to a document object, so if your document ID changes (like in your case when copying files to a multi-file document) then you'll lose the version history from the original doc. You may want to consider using document collections for related documents instead of combining docs to a single multi-file document, that way each document's version history is preserved.
Yes, I know the possibilities of the document collection, but my question...according to my understanding, this option cannot be blocked or converted documents cannot be restored without backup procedures. This is ok, I just want to know if there is any way. Thank you.
There's no built-in configuration option to prevent these operations, but it might be possible to come up with a custom solution (e.g. event handlers and/or UI extensions). These would require some development effort. If this is a major issue for you, I suggest raising this with your M-Files representative.