The File resources tree panel is in effect a file system, complete with directories, sub-directories and files, presented in an organized way for easier retrieval and usage.

This is where you will look for the files you want to create a link to from your document(s), or where you will yourself upload files for such purposes.

The left pane is used for navigation, while the right pane displays the details of the selected file - as in the example above.

Files marked with a light ochre background are not in use anymore in documents:

Manage Folder and Files

Here are the actions available to you:

• Create a directory
• Delete a directory
• Add a file
• Delete a file
• Filter the list
• Refresh Data

Create a directory (folder)

Providing you are working in a View, select the node in the File Resources tree in which you want to crate a new folder, and select the Create a new folder command from the contextual menu (right-click with the mouse pointer):

Provide some text in the Enter folder name field, then click on the Create folder button:

Delete a directory (folder)

Select the empty folder you want to suppress and use the Delete directory command (right-click of the mouse pointer):

A directory containing files cannot be deleted - you will first need to remove all of its content:

Add files

Simply drag-and-drop  from your file system to the desired location in the File Resources tree:

When prompted, specify the type of the file you are uploading (more information on file types in the Add File To Document chapter) then click on the Upload file button:

The resource is indicated as not (yet) in use:

Delete files

Unused files ought to be deleted to cl

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• IF THE TARGET FOLDER DOES NOT YET EXIST, AND FROM YOUR VM NOP SESSION, CREATE A FOLDER (FOR EXAMPLE, AXIS_WEEKLY_MANAGEMENT OR CRISIS_DOCUMENTS OR ANY OTHER) TO LOAD THE FILES - PLEASE REFER TO THE ADD DIRECTORY CHAPTER FOR DETAILS ON THIS ACTION;
  THIS ACTION AUTOMATICALLY CREATES A VIEW IN WIND, WITH THE FORMAT ABC_2020_12_04_17_03_25 WHERE ABC IS THE USER ACRONYM.
• FROM THE NOP PUBLISH INSTANCE AS ALREADY OPENED ON YOUR OPS PC;
  IMPORTANT: FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, FILE UPLOADS DO NEED TO BE MADE FROM YOUR OPS PC AND NOT FROM THE VM.
• OPEN THE RESOURCES & SERVICES TAB;
  
• LOCATE THE TEMP FILE LOADING PORTLET (LEFT COLUMN);
  
  SHOULD IT BE CLOSED/COLLAPSED, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE OPEN/EXPAN BUTTON:
  
• CLICK ON THE FILE UPLOAD LINK;
  
• FILL IN THE WIND UPLOAD FILE FORM:
         
  DIRECTORY NAMES AND FILE NAMES MUST CONSIST ONLY OF ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS (A..Z, A..Z, 0..9), AND UNDERSCORE `_` AND HYPHEN/MINUS `-` CHARACTERS (AND SO MUST NOT CONTAIN WHITESPACES, BACKSLASHES OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS). FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS RULE WILL RETURN AN ERROR MESSAGE.

  ALLOWED FILE TYPES

  WIND ONLY ACCEPTS THE UPLOAD OF THE FILES IN THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:

  • TEXT (TXT, DOC, RTF)
  • HTML (HTM, HTML)
  • IMAGE (GIF, JPEG, PNG)
  • POWERPOINT (PPT)
  • EXCEL (XLC, XLL, XLM, XLS, XLW)

  ANY OTHER FORMAT WILL CAUSE WIND TO GENERATE AN ERROR MESSAGE

• CLICK ON THE UPLOAD FILE BUTTON WHEN DONE;
• REFRESH THE FILE RESOURCES TREE TO CHECK THE FILE IS READY FOR USAGE:
  

ean up the File Resources tree. To do so, click on the not used anywhere - mark for deletion link:

The concerned item is now marked for deletion and identified as such in the list by a  delete icon:

Filter

The File Resources tree will typically be a long list, involving extensive up and down scrolling to locate a given resource:

Make use of the Filter function to narrow down your search:

Refresh Data

Use the Refresh Data command under the Trees menu to update the list to the most recent status: