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This is the help documentation for Workspace Portlet

Workspace overview

The user workspace

There you can find four areas:

• on the top, the address bar which show you the current location
• on the left, the workspace tree which show your workspace with a tree
• on the center, the list view which show the content of a single folder in a list
• on the bottom, the details panel which show the details about workspace items

Glossary

There some terms used on this help:

• workspace area: is the working area for an user
• basket: is a folder that can contain objects saved from a research or uploaded by the user
• basket item: is an object inside a basket
• workspace: is a folder that can contain others workspace or basket (windows like folder)
• item: can be a folder (workspace or basket) or a basket item

All item names can contains whatever chars slash excluded. Two item in the same folder can't have the same name.

Workspace Operations

Clicking with right mouse button a context menu is showed.

Workspace context menu

The available actions depends on the selected item.

There's a list of item commons actions:

• Rename an item: Selecting Rename the user can insert the new item name.

If the name inserted is invalid a signal is showed like the one in figure.

Workspace invalid name

An item can be also renamed using the details panel. Always using the details panel the user can change the item description.

• Deleting an item: Selecting Delete a confirm message is showed and then the item is deleted.
• Cloning an item: Selecting Clone the user can insert the cloned item name. If the name is invalid a message is showed like for item renaming.
• Download an item: Selecting Download the browser ask where to save the content. The content file type is based on item type, specifically:
  • Single item like: external file (pdf and image) are proposed a simple file;
  • Complex item like: gcube document are proposed a zipped folder with related metadata (each in a xml file).
  • Folders: are proposed as zip folders.

Create a new workspace/basket

On the workspace tree right click on the parent folder and select Add new Workspace or Add new Basket action. Insert the item name and then press enter. A new folder is created.