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A few grouping levels in View folder structure

kzdmsr
Can't realize how to manage a view folder structure to get what I really need.

My idea shortly.
There are several persons who are assigned to some projects. The projects, in turn, contains special type of documents I need to review.
The way I'd like to do this review is a view, witch leads to list of the persons, then a click on one of the person leads to a list of projects assigned to him and finally, click on the project shows the project document.

I've been playing a lot with filters and folder structure, but no success. The greatest achievement of mine - a complete unorganized list of the documents (when, there is no folder structure setup at all).
When it comes the folders structure, I'm really can't get how should I manage things so that folders get into account only filtered items.
For example, adding a level "Project" produce a whole bunch of projects, we have in the company if one more filter is not defined here.
The maximum I get with folder structure is a list of persons each of which leads to a complete list of the projects virtual folders. And the folders are empty - there's no any items at all.

Please check the attachments.

Seems, I don't have any more ideas to try. Can anybody assist me giving a thought of what to try? 

   
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  • A couple of tips:
    - The filter on the main view (DK_test3) should be as generic as possible and only include the objects you want to ultimately see in the virtual folders, for instance Object type = Document and Class = Quality assurance. The filter definitely shouldn't include any named persons (unless this view should only display documents for this specific person).
    - The grouping levels usually don't require a filter of their own if you want to see all the content, so try removing the filters from the grouping levels completely at first and add them only later when the view is otherwise working if needed.
    - The option "Show empty folders" on the grouping levels is important to define whether you want to see all the virtual folders even if they are empty or only those that have some content.

    The user guide has further information on creating views.
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  • A couple of tips:
    - The filter on the main view (DK_test3) should be as generic as possible and only include the objects you want to ultimately see in the virtual folders, for instance Object type = Document and Class = Quality assurance. The filter definitely shouldn't include any named persons (unless this view should only display documents for this specific person).
    - The grouping levels usually don't require a filter of their own if you want to see all the content, so try removing the filters from the grouping levels completely at first and add them only later when the view is otherwise working if needed.
    - The option "Show empty folders" on the grouping levels is important to define whether you want to see all the virtual folders even if they are empty or only those that have some content.

    The user guide has further information on creating views.
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