Offline Availability
You can make objects available in the offline mode with the Mark for Offline Availability function or with Offline filters. For information on how to go offline and online, see Going Offline and Going Online.
Marking for Offline Availability
You can make individual objects, a group of objects, views, or virtual folders available offline. If you make a view or virtual folder available offline, M-Files creates a new offline filter for it. This way, all new objects that meet the filter conditions are automatically updated to the offline view. For information on how to edit the offline filter that you created, see Offline filters.
- Select the objects, views, or virtual folders that you want to make available offline.
- Press Alt and select from the menu bar.
The selected documents are shown in the Offline view.
Removing Offline Availability
- Select the objects that you want to remove from the Offline view.
- Press Alt and select from the menu bar.
The selected documents are removed from the Offline view.
Offline filters
You can define filters to make sure you have access to important objects without a network connection from Example: Creating an Offline Filter for a Project.
. SeeTo remove an offline filter, go to the Offline view, right-click the offline filter and select Delete. In the confirmation dialog that is opened, click Yes.
Example: Creating an Offline Filter for a Project
- In the All view (see View navigation), go to .
- Press Alt to open the menu bar.
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Select
.Result:The Offline Filter Properties dialog is opened.
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In the Name field, enter a name for your offline
filter.
The name is shown in the Offline listing area.
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Click Define Filter to specify the conditions that
objects must meet to be shown in this view.
Result:The Define Filter dialog is opened.
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On the Properties tab, click Add
Condition and add these conditions:
- From the Property drop-down menu, select Project.
- From the Operator drop-down menu, select =.
- From the Value drop-down menu, select a project.
- Click OK to close the Define Filter dialog.
- Select Show documents and other objects.
- Click OK.