Accessing and viewing documents
The documents of a Jira project can be visualized on the Documents tab of that project. They are displayed according to the current layout and visualization mode.
The current layout and visualization mode can be changed by using the menus from the top-right corner of the page.
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The Documents tab is visible only if the current Jira user has View permission.
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The table below shows details about the columns of the documents table available in list view.
Item | Description |
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Type | Shows the icon of the document or folder. |
Icon indicators | The icon indicators are small icons displayed near the regular icon of the document that indicate specific states of the document. For instance, if the document is locked for editing or not. In this version, the following indicators are available: (Black) - indicates that the document is locked for editing by you. A tooltip showing the locker, lock date and the lock message is displayed when hovering the mouse pointer over it. (Gray) – indicates that the document is locked for editing by another user. A tooltip showing the locker, lock date and the lock message is displayed when hovering the mouse pointer over it. |
Key | The key (or ID) of the document or folder. |
Title | The title of the document or folder. |
Revision | Shows the value of the Current Revision attribute of the document. It is always empty for folders. |
File size | The size of the file attached to the document. |
Posted by | Shows the Jira user that posted the document or created the folder. |
Posted on | Shows the date and time when the document or folder was posted. The date is displayed in the format and time zone of the current Jira user. |
Updated by | Shows the Jira user that made the latest update of the document or folder. |
Updated on | Shows the date and time of the latest update of the document or folder. |
Actions menu | An icon that offers a menu with the actions that can be performed on each document or folder. The icon becomes visible when hovering the mouse over that document or folder. See below a description of all available actions. The actions menu is available in both list view and icon view. It is displayed when hovering the mouse over a document or folder. Â Possible actions are: The Project Lead can perform all the above actions on all the documents of the Jira project. |
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