You can view and modify the link group information applied to a document in the Links tab of the Metadata dialog box, or in the Links tab of the Metadata Pane in the Document Viewer.
Once a document has been added to a link group, you can view the link group information for that document, including the document's position in the link group and the other documents in the same group. You can view or modify the document's link group comments. You can also quickly open any of the documents in the group from any other document in the group, and you can search for documents with a particular link group comment.
If a document is not yet part of a link group, you can either create a new link group starting from that document, or you can add it to an existing link group. A document can only be a member of one link group at a time, but you can remove a document from a link group in order to add it to another. (Documents can have more than one document relationship, or can both be a member of a link group and have one or more document relationships.)
In the Laserfiche Client, you can also see the number of link group members in a document's link group on the Links tab of the Metadata dialog box, if the Link Group option is selected within the tab. For example, if a document is a member of a link group with five members, the tab will say "Links: 5." If the document is the only member of a link group, or is not a member of a link group, there will be no number listed. (If the Document Relationship option is selected instead, the number of document relationships for the document will be displayed instead.) In Web Access, a blue dot will appear over the Links tab icon if there is at least one link group or document relationship assigned to the document.
Modifying a document's pages, field information, tags, and link information has no effect on link group information. If you are editing or checking in an electronic document that is a member of a link group but that is not under version control, you will be given the option to save changes as a new member of the link group when you save and close the document.
Important: Changes to link groups will be applied immediately.
To view or modify link group information for a document
Note: If only the current document is listed, the document is a member of a link group, but the link group currently has no other members.
Note: Gaps in the link group numbering represent documents that were either removed from the link group or deleted from the repository.
Note: Link group comments only apply to the link group member on which the comment was set. They do not apply to all documents in a link group.
To view or modify link group information for a document
Tip: You can quickly see whether a document is a member of a link group by adding the Link Group Number column to the Folder Browser. If the document is not a member of a link group, the column will be blank; if it is, the column will display the link group number of that document. See Assigning Columns for instructions on displaying columns in the Folder Browser.
In the Detailed Link Information dialog box , you can view additional information about a link group member. See To view or modify link group information for a document (above), for instructions on opening the Detailed Link Information dialog box. (This information is available in the Metadata Pane or dialog box in Web Access without needing to open an additional dialog box.) The following information is available:
Note: Gaps in the link group numbering represent documents that were either removed from the link group or deleted from the repository.
Note: Link group comments only the link group member on which the comment was set. They do not apply to all documents in a link group.