File Sharing Collaboration
ProjectLoad now allows files and URLs to be shared by a project team to aid in collaboration. The new feature permits users to upload and download files associated with projects. It also allows users to post URLs to share among the project team. This new feature is an option that may be enabled or disabled by the administrator for each client.
When file sharing is activated, there are new buttons on the Home, Projects, and Project Editor pages that open a new Project Files page. This page permits authorized users to download and/or upload any type of file or post a URL and include a description of the file or URL. Security is controlled by the security setting of each project as follows:
- Normal: Anyone can download and upload.
- Restricted: Anyone can download and upload.
- Protected: Anyone can download, but only people assigned to the project, the project manager, or people above the project manager in the reporting line can upload.
- Confidential: Only people assigned to the project, the project manager, or people above the project manager in the reporting line can download and upload.
- Once a file (or URL) is uploaded, only the person who uploaded it, the project manager, or people above the project manager in the reporting line can modify the description or delete the file or URL.
We are very grateful for the feedback we receive on ways to improve the system and are pleased to be able to implement them. Thank you for your help in making this system even more robust and effective. If you have suggestions or feedback for us, please let us know via email, phone, or blog.