MCS MeshERP
Working with the archive

Timeline

What moved in the archive on a given day or range, as totals and as an itemised list.

Timeline answers a different question from Files and Records. Those two ask what do I have. Timeline asks what changed, and when.

It has two views. Overview counts what moved. Detail lists it line by line.

Choosing the period

Both views share the same period control:

  • Day looks at a single date, with arrows to step to the previous or next day
  • Range looks at a span

The date being viewed and the total number of changes in it are shown in the top right of the page.

Overview

Timeline overview. Six counters across the top, then the same period broken down by record type and by file type.

Six counters summarise the period, split so that creation, modification and removal never get mixed together:

CounterWhat it counts
Files createdFiles that appeared in the period.
Files updatedFiles that changed.
Files archivedFiles archived in the period.
Records createdRecords that appeared.
Records updatedRecords that changed.
Records deletedRecords removed at source.

Below them, two panels break the same period down further. Records by type shows which record types moved. Files by type shows which kinds of file moved, grouped as Spreadsheets, Documents, Images, Archives and Other.

Detail

Timeline detail. One row per captured change, newest first.

Detail lists the individual changes behind those counters.

ColumnWhat it tells you
WhenHow long ago the change was captured.
EntityWhether the change was to a Record or a File.
ChangeCreated, Updated or Deleted.
What changedThe record or file name.
TypeThe record type, or the file kind.
ByWho made the change, where the source reports it.
EnvironmentWhich environment the change belongs to.

Detail can be filtered by entity, by change type and by record type.

Author is not always available

The By column shows n/a when the source system did not report who made the change. That is a property of what the ERP exposed, not a gap in the capture.