7.10 Generating Reports about a Folder Entry

Novell Teaming enables you to generate reports about a folder entry.

  1. Navigate to the entry that you want to generate a report about.

  2. Select the entry, then click Reports in the Entry toolbar, then select the type of report that you want to generate.

You can generate the following kinds of reports:

For information on how to change the default application that Teaming uses to view these reports, see Section B.10.1, Changing the Default Editor Settings for a Single File Type.

7.10.1 Activity Reports

Activity reports contain the following kinds of information:

  • User: Shows the users who have had some kind of activity in the entry.

  • Views: Displays how many times the user has viewed the entry.

  • Adds: Displays who created the entry.

  • Edits: Displays who has edited the entry.

  • Deletes: Displays who deleted the entry. This column lists only entries that have been both deleted and purged.

    NOTE:To acquire this information, you must run the report at the folder level, as described in Section 5.8, Generating an Activity Report on a Folder.

  • Pre-deletes: Displays who deleted the entry. This column lists entries that have been deleted but not yet purged.

    NOTE:To acquire this information, you must either run the report at the folder level, as described in Section 5.8, Generating an Activity Report on a Folder, or navigate to the Trash folder to view the entry, as described in Section 7.9, Undeleting a Folder Entry.

  • Restores: Displays who restored the entry.

7.10.2 Edit History Reports

Edit History Reports enable you to generate reports about the Title and Description sections of folder entries. You cannot generate reports about documents that are attached to folder entries.

Edit History Reports enable you to accomplish the following tasks:

Viewing Version Information

Edit History reports contain version information about the entry, such as when it was created, when it was edited, and the additions and modifications that were made to it. You cannot view version information about documents that are attached to the entry.

In the Edit History page, the Data column lists a date for each time the entry was edited.

To view what modifications were made on a specific date:

  1. In the Data column, click the date for which you want to view the modifications.

    The Title and Description sections of the entry are displayed, showing what the entry looked like after the modifications were made on the specific date.

Comparing Versions of an Entry

The Edit History report in Teaming enables you to compare the Title and Description fields of two versions of an entry. You cannot compare versions of documents that are attached to entries.

  1. In the Edit History page, in the Version column, select the left radio button of the first version that you want to compare, then select the right radio button of the second version that you want to compare.

  2. Click Compare.

    Teaming displays the additions underlined in green, and the deletions marked with strikeout in red.

7.10.3 Workflow History Reports

Workflow history reports contain the following kinds of information:

  • Event Number: Displays the order of the actions that have been performed concerning the workflow.

  • Modify Date: Displays the date the entry was modified in regards to the workflow.

  • Modified By: Displays the user who modified the entry in regards to the workflow.

  • Operation: Displays the operation that was performed.

  • Process Name: The name of the original workflow.

  • Parallel Workflow Thread Name: Name of the workflow thread that is parallel to the workflow.

  • State Name: State of the workflow process.