Authoring

View document information in Sophora Web

Learn how to access system meta information about a document.

For each document you can view meta information, references to the document as well as the list of components used in the document. Additionally the default preview can be accessed in this window.

To open the Document information window from a document:

  1. In Sophora Web, open a document.
  2. Click or tap the "i" (info) icon in the top right corner of the document's view.
  3. Review the tabs.

To open the Document information window in the search results or in a document's component:

  1. In Sophora Web, search or open a document.
  2. On a document card, click or tap the context menu (three dots).
  3. Select the "i" (info) icon from the menu.
  4. Review the tabs.

Overview of the document information

Tab General

The General tab shows system metadata:

  • Sophora ID: The identifier (ID) of the document you'll work with
  • External ID: An internal ID of the document used for imports, such as for tracking in external systems.
  • UUID: A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the document
  • Created by: The creator of the document
  • Creation date: The creation date of the document
  • Modified by: The last user who modified the document
  • Modification date: The date this document has been last modified
  • Published by: The user that published the document
  • Publication date: The publication date of the document
  • Type: The document type of the document
  • Section: The optional area of the site the document belongs to
  • Path: The location of the document

Tab Custom

The Custom tab can be used to show properties of the document that are used to store metadata that is specific to your content. An example use case could be to declare specific IDs that are used in external systems to represent the same document (e.g. video encoding systems which hold data for a Sophora document representing a video), but it is completely up to you to decide what to show there. The specific restrictions what is possible and how to set it up are described on our administration page in the section "customMetaPropertyNames".

Tab References

The References tab shows all documents that reference the document. If the document is not referenced by any other document, the tab will be disabled.

Tab Components

The Components tab in the dialog will list the component structure of the document. If the document does not use any components, the tab will be disabled.

Tab Preview

If there is a default preview available for the document, a Preview tab will be shown in which the preview for the document will be embedded. It will show the last saved version of the document.

Last modified on 11/30/20

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