Attachment History Layouts

The history button available on edit screens controls access to a pop up screen that shows the history of additions, updates and deletions to attachments. In addition, the screen shows a record of all users who have downloaded the attachment to their own computer.

The same ATTACHMENT_HISTORY LAYOUT is typically used throughout an installation, and can be defined in the global layout area only. Other Business Areas and Projects will automatically inherit it from there. Of course, different ATTACHMENT_HISTORY layouts may be defined in each Business Area and Project.


Attachment History Screen

The following fields may be placed on the layout, and they must have read permission to be viewable by the user role:

Field Name Purpose
ATTACH_CHANGE_TYPE The operation on the attachment. This is one of Delete, Insert, Update, View
ATTACH_CONTENT_TYPE The content type of the attachment
ATTACH_CREATED_BY_USER The name of the user who created the attachment
ATTACH_DATE_CREATED The date the attachment was created
ATTACH_FILE_DESC The description of the attachment
ATTACH_FILE_NAME The filename of the attachment
ATTACH_FILE_SIZE The size, in bytes, of the attachment
ATTACH_HIST_TIMESTAMP The timestamp of the event, such as when a user views the attachment
ATTACH_LAST_DATE_UPDATED The timestamp that the attachment metadata was altered, or the attachment deleted
ATTACH_LAST_UPDATED_BY_USER The user who performed the operation
ATTACH_PATH The original path on the client machine where the attachment was stored
ATTACH_THUMBNAIL A thumbnail image if the field is an image