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WorkSite databases – where and wherefore

iManage WorkSite has a client-and-many-server application architecture. The profile records, structure, and metadata are stored in a relational database – SQL Server or Oracle. The content itself is stored on a file server – which can be encrypted to be HIPAA-compliant as of WorkSite 9.0.  The client machines – running FileSite or DeskSite – never…

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How to search for a folder in FileSite
How to search for a folder in FileSite

Trouble finding a folder – a classic-style Public Folder in WorkSite, or a deeply-buried folder within a workspace? Perhaps you never have this problem. If your firm has always used WorkSite with the best of Matter Centric techniques in designing workspace and folder structures, and you’ve been using the ‘the fewer-the-better’ paradigm, you probably don’t…

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You bcc so can I see? FileSite’s email and bcc information

Ever seen an email in FileSite missing BCC recipients that you know you added? Conversely, you opened an email and were surprised to see BCC names when it’s not your email? Because WorkSite stores the most common email data as a ‘field’ in addition to leaving it embedded in the message itself: dates sent and…

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WorkSite 8.5 icons – The Usual Suspects

FileSite’s icons in release 8.5 are similar enough to their 8.2 appearance that you won’t be baffled. On the other hand, the images have details which are so very, very … tiny… it does not hurt to dissect them just briefly. I have used essentially the standard names (with one bonus vowel for those who…

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