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- | ====== Understanding file timestamps ====== | + | # File and Folder Timestamps |
- | The File Fabric does not store any files and it works with remote copies of data that it has indexed. It uses [[http:// | + | Access Anywhere stores file and folder metadata including filenames |
- | ===== 1 File modified times ===== | + | Some timestamp metadata is synchronized with that of the storage provider. |
- | Hovering over the time field or looking at the file info pane in the File Fabric Web Browser shows 4 different times:\\ \\ **SME Created (if SaaS) Storage Created (if on-premises)** | + | ## File Metadata |
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+ | From the File Info Pane you can view all four possible timestamps. They are shown in your local time (as determined from the browser). | ||
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+ | They are also visible if you hover over the time field within the folder listing: | ||
- | ===== 2 Uploading files from the web ===== | + | {{ : |
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+ | The fields are: | ||
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+ | * **Local Desktop Time**- The modification time of the file before it was uploaded to cloud storage. | ||
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+ | * **Storage Modified Time** | ||
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+ | * **Storage Created Time** | ||
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+ | * **Last Accessed Time** | ||
+ | ## Folder Metadata | ||
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+ | From the Folder Info Pane you will see three possible timestamps. They are shown in your local time (as determined | ||
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+ | The fields are: | ||
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+ | * **Storage Modified Time** | ||
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+ | * **Storage Created Time** | ||
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+ | * **Last Cloud Refresh** | ||
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+ | ## File Manager Listing | ||
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+ | ## Troubleshooting | ||
+ | ### Uploading from the web | ||
- | {{:/timestamps: | + | If files are uploaded from the Cloud File Manager then original modified |
+ | ### Uploading from the desktop | ||
- | If files are uploaded from the web File Manager then timestamps | + | Files that are uploaded from a Mac, Windows or Linux Drive client, or via sync should have the timestamps |
- | ===== 3 Uploading | + | ### Uploading |
+ | If files are uploaded over CloudDAV or CloudFTP protocol adaptor then timestamp preservation depends on the client tool used and whether it issues the command to change the file timestamp. | ||
+ | ### Cloud Drive for Windows | ||
- | {{:/ | + | The Cloud Drive on Windows maps these fields to the Windows filesystem files: |
- | Files that are uploaded from a Mac, Windows or Linux Drive client, or via sync should have the timestamps fully preserved, but converted to UTC (with local time also being shown in browser and on desktop). | + | * **Date created** - Storage Created Time |
+ | * **Date modified** - Storage Created Time | ||
+ | * **Date last saved** - Local Desktop Time (if available) or Storage Created Time | ||
+ | * **Date accessed** - Last Accessed Time | ||
+ | For folders: | ||
- | ===== 4 Uploading files over protocol adaptors ===== | + | * **Date created** - Storage Created Time |
+ | * **Date modified** - Storage Modified Time | ||
+ | * **Date last saved** - Storage Modified Time | ||
+ | * **Date accessed** - Last Cloud Refresh | ||
+ | ### Cloud Drive for Mac | ||
+ | The Cloud Drive for Mac maps these fields to MacOS files: | ||
- | {{:/ | + | * **Created** - Storage Created Time |
+ | * **Modified** - Storage Modified Time | ||
+ | * **Date Added** - Not mapped. Show when the folder was first added to the drive. | ||
+ | * **Date Last Opened** - Not mapped. Shows when a file was last opened from the drive. | ||
- | If files are uploaded over a SME CloudDav or CloudFTP protocol adaptor then timestamp preservation depends on the client tool used and whether it issues the command to change the file timestamp.\\ \\ |