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A user interface for global-level administration of files stored by the system is located in the System application on the Files tab. This part of the user interface is divided into tabs described in the following text.
On the Test tab, you can perform a test that verifies the system's access to the file system. The test consists of the following steps:
Click Test files to perform the test.
On the Attachments tab, you can find a list of document attachments stored by the system. Based on selection in the Site drop-down list, you can either select a site and view all document attachments on the site, or choose (all) to view all document attachments on all websites in the system.
If there are more than 25 document attachments (or a different number set by means of the CMSDefaultListingFilterLimit web.config key), a filter is displayed above the grid. Using the filter, you can filter displayed attachments by their name, extension, size or depending on if they are stored in the database.
Depending on the Store files in file system and Store files in database settings in Settings -> System -> Files, the system allows you to perform for the document attachments management actions.
Use the two drop-down lists below the grid. In the first drop-down list, you can select:
Then you can select the required action from the second drop-down list and click OK.
The Smart search feature of Kentico allows users to search the text of attachment files along with the content of documents. The application stores the text extracted from document attachments in the database. When rebuilding document indexes, the search loads the "cached" attachment text from the database. The system only processes the file text directly for attachments that do not have any search content saved.
Click Clear attachment search cache in the header of the Attachments tab to remove the search content from the database for all attachments.
This allows you to rebuild your document indexes correctly in the following scenarios:
On the Metafiles tab, you can find a list of metafiles stored by the system. Based on selection in the Site drop-down list, you can select:
Using the Object type drop-down list, you can further limit which metafiles will be displayed. By selecting (all), you get all metafiles that match the selection in the drop-down list above. The other options in the drop-down are particular object types, while choosing one displays only metafiles of these objects that match the selection in the drop-down list above.
If there are more than 25 metafiles (or a different number set by means of the CMSDefaultListingFilterLimit web.config key), a filter is displayed above the grid. Using the filter, you can filter displayed metafiles by their name, extension, size or depending on if they are stored in the database.
In the Actions column in the grid, action icons are displayed depending on the Store files in file system and Store files in database settings in Settings -> System -> Files. The displayed actions are the following.
Depending on the Store files in file system and Store files in database settings in Settings -> System -> Files, the system allows you to perform for the metafiles management actions:
Use the two drop-down lists below the grid. In the first drop-down list, you can select:
Then you can select the required action from the second drop-down list and click OK.