The Inbox

The FileHold Desktop Application’s (FDA) Inbox is designed to streamline the importing of many documents into the library by removing the bottlenecks associated when adding and classifying files en masse. The Inbox is a queue or list of files that have not yet been copied to the FileHold Server.

The Inbox is specific to each user's FileHold Desktop Application (FDA) on their workstation and user account profile unless you share your Inbox. Sharing your Inbox allows others to file the contents of your Inbox on your behalf. For example, if there is a dedicated scanning station with several people scanning documents to be added into FileHold, all users who can log into the Windows environment of that scanning station will be able to file all the scanned documents in the Inbox. This is because the Inbox is shared between all the users who can log in with a Windows user account.

The Inbox is the first category visible in the library structure. The Inbox acts as a staging area for documents that are queued for processing on the client machine prior to be sent to the Library. All documents in this list remain on the client machine until they are sent to the library. Files located in the Inbox will only be ready to be sent to the Library once they have both required metadata (tags) values entered and a destination folder associated with each file.

The Inbox is specific to each user's Desktop Client on their workstation and on their Windows\Domain user account profile therefore other users cannot see what is in your Inbox unless you are sharing a workstation.

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Users can quickly add all the files from a network folder, local computer, Watched Folders, Manage Imports, scanned documents, or external hardware such as a USB stick.

The status column lets users know if more information is required before the file can be sent to the document management system. A status of "Info Required" indicates that the required metadata or a destination have not been set. Once all the required information is set, the status changes to "Ready to Send" and file can then be uploaded by clicking the Send or Send All (used when multiple files are ready to be sent to the Library). The documents are then sent to their destination folders and are removed from the Inbox.

The Inbox can be sorted by document name, type, coming from, or going to by clicking on the column header name. The columns can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking on the arrow button next to the header name.

You must be using the FDA to use the inbox. This feature is not available on the web or mobile web clients.

The following table describes the functions of the Inbox:

Function	Description
Image	Allows selection of files from outside the document management system to add to the inbox.
Image	Creates an offline document in the inbox ready to prepare to add to the library.
Remove from Inbox	Removes the selected document(s) from the Inbox.
Edit Metadata	Allows you to enter the metadata for the selected documents. Select one or more documents to be filed under the same schema and click Edit Metadata. You will be able to set one or more metadata fields to the same value and automatically lookup values for multiple documents at one time where configured. You can get to the same place by clicking the icon to open the metadata panel and pressing the Edit button.
Edit Destination	Allows you to select the destination folder for documents. Select multiple documents to be filed under the same folder and click Edit Destination. You can set the destination to the same folder. If your library panel is open to the destination folder, you can simply drag and drop the selected files to the folder as an alternate method to set the destination.
Send	Sends a single document to the Library. The metadata and the destination must be set in order to send a document to the repository. If a document fails to send you will see the word FAILED in the progress column. You can hover the mouse cursor over this word to see a longer message about the cause of the failure.
Send All	Sends all documents that have set metadata and destination to the library. There are options to change the behavior of the inbox in the user preferences dialog including automatically sending documents to the library and automatically opening the selected document in the viewer and related options for handling working and deleted documents.
Auto-File	Automatically determines the correct folder location for the documents according to the auto-filing rules set on the schema. An administrator needs to enable this button and the assigned document schemas must be configured with auto-filing scripts.

Shared Inbox

When importing documents into FileHold, you can share the contents of your Inbox with other users on a single workstation if you have sufficient rights.

Documents in the Inbox can be shared between users on the same computer. Sharing your Inbox allows others to file the contents of your Inbox on your behalf. For example, if there is a dedicated scanning station with several people scanning documents to be added into FileHold, all users who can log into the Windows environment of that scanning station will be able to file all the scanned documents in the Inbox. This is because the Inbox is shared between all the users who can log in with a Windows user account.

You can set whether you want to share your Inbox in the Connection Options window. Note that if you change this setting, it won’t take effect until you log off and then log back in.