Administrators can customize the Files web part in the following ways, allowing them to present the most useful set of features to their file browser users.
There are four tabs for the various customizations possible here:
The Actions tab lets you control the availability of common file action and data import options such as importing datasets, creating assay designs, etc.
You can change what a Files web part displays using the (triangle) menu; choose Customize. Select a file content directory to enable actions on this tab.
The Import Data button is always visible to admins, but you can choose whether to show it to non-admin users. For each other action listed, checking the Enabled box makes it available as a pipeline job. Checking Show in Toolbar adds a button to the Files web part toolbar.
The File Properties tab lets you define properties that can be used to tag files. Each file browser can use the default (none), inherit properties from the parent container, or use custom file properties.
Once a custom property is defined, users are asked to provided property values when files are uploaded. There is a built in 'Comment' file property that is included when other custom properties are in use.
Tagged files can be retrieved by searching on their property value. For more detail, see Step 3: Search the Repository.
The Toolbar and Grid Settings tab controls the appearance of the file management browser.
Configure Toolbar Options: Toolbar buttons are in display order, from top to bottom; drag and drop to rearrange. Available buttons which are not currently displayed are listed at the end. Check boxes to show and hide text and icons independently.
Configure Grid Columns Settings (scroll down): lists grid columns in display order from top to bottom; drag and drop to rearrange. The columns can be reorganized by clicking and dragging their respective rows, and checkboxes can make columns Hidden or Sortable.
You can also change which columns are displayed directly in the Files web part. Pulldown the arrow in any column label, select Columns and use checkboxes to show and hide columns. For example, this screenshot shows adding the Download Link column:
Local Path to Files
Use the following procedure to find the local path to files that have been uploaded via the Files web part.
Use the checkbox to control whether to show the file upload panel by default. The file upload panel offers a single file browse and upload interface and can be opened with the Upload Files button regardless of whether it is shown by default.
You may drag and drop files into the file browser region to upload them whether or not the panel is shown.
Note that in Premium Editions of LabKey Server, file upload can be completely disabled if desired. See below for details.
To control the default email notification for the folder where the Files web part resides, see Manage Email Notifications. Email notifications can be sent for file uploads, deletions, changes to metadata properties, etc. Admins can configure each project user to override or accept the folder's default notification setting at the folder level.
Project users can also override default notification settings themselves by clicking the (Email Preferences) button in the Files web part toolbar. SElect your own preference and click Submit.
Site Administrators can disable file upload across the entire site to both the file and pipeline roots. Disabling upload prevents use of the Upload button as well as dragging and dropping files to trigger file upload. Users with sufficient permissions can still download, rename, delete, move, edit properties, and create folders in the file repository.
Note that attaching files to issues, wikis, or messages is not disabled by this setting.
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Subscribers to premium editions of LabKey Server can configure scanning of uploaded files for viruses. Learn more in this topic:
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