Watching folders

With the Watched Folder functionality, users can monitor specific folders for various changes within that folder. This allows you to stay up-to-date on changes in specific areas within the Assets module.

Action

The watch folder option can be found in the context menu of a folder in the assets module. This is both available in grid and list -view.

Watching a folder requires the user-level Watch right. You also need View on the folder; folders you cannot view cannot be watched.

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Watching a folder will do the following things:

  • Show as option in the sidebar quickfilter “Watched folder(s)”

  • Visually mark the folder as watched

  • Make a folder by the advanced search parameter “Watched”

  • Automatically send notification emails when there are changes.

When a folder is watched, it can be “unwatched” in the same way, via the context menu.

Watched folders can be found back under the watched folders section in Assets.

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Notification

It will report the following actions that occur in the watched folder and its subfolders:

  • Adding assets

  • Adding a new version

  • Renaming assets

  • Moving files

  • Removing files

  • Adding new folder

  • Renaming folders

  • Moving folders

  • Removing folders

All changes are grouped in 1 notification email, which are sent out every hour.