tiCrypt 2.18.1

View History

ResearcherRequires: User role

Permission requirements

• Vault Files and Directories
  • View the history of their files (sharing, project tags, deletion)

View a File's History

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the My Files section on the left panel.
3. Select the file for which you want to view the history.
4. Click the Open full menu button in the top center panel.
5. Select View history.
6. In the prompt, view the full file history, including actions, the users who performed them, and timestamps.
7. Click Close.

tip

Right-click the file to access the full menu.

What the history shows

The dialog is titled "History of name" and lists the file's events, newest first, each with its date. The history records events, not versions: it does not keep earlier contents of the file. The following table describes the events.

Event	Meaning
Created by user	The user who uploaded or created the file.
Deleted by user	The user who deleted the file.
Accessed by user	A user fetched the file's key, for example to view or download it.
Shared with user or group	The file was shared with that user or group.
Unshared from user or group	That user's or group's access was removed.
Classified by, Declassified by, Project set by user	The file's project tag changed. The new project's tag is shown next to the event.

The dialog loads 50 events at a time. Click Load Older at the bottom of the list to load the next 50. View history is offered for one file at a time, including in Shared With Me and Trash, and never for folders.

If the list is empty, the dialog shows "This file has no history." and "There are no history events for this item. This probably means that something is wrong with the file." Contact your administrator in that case. If the history cannot be loaded, the message "Failed to pull history" appears.

Confirmations, Errors & Solutions

Cannot Find the `View history` Button in Menu

The View history option is not available in the file menu.

Ask Your Admin to Allow you View History Permissions

You do not have permission to view your file history. Contact your admin to enable the View the history of their files (sharing, project tags, deletion) permission.

View a Deleted File's History

1. Go to the Vault icon in the top left panel.
2. Click the Trash section on the left panel.
3. Select the deleted file for which you want to view the history.
4. Click the Open full menu button in the top center panel.
5. Select View history.
6. In the prompt, view the full file history, including actions, the users who performed them, and timestamps.
7. Click Close.

Disable File History View

1. Log in to your user account with an Admin or Super-Admin role.
2. Go to the Management icon in the top left panel.
3. Select the Users section.
4. Select Users.
5. Find and select the user for whom you want to disable file history permissions.
6. Click the Open full menu three-dot button in the top right panel.
7. Next, select Open overlay.
8. In the overlay, select Manual permission management in the left panel.
9. Go to the section Vault Files and Directories.
10. Uncheck the View the history of their files (sharing, project tags, deletion).
11. Once done, click Save in the top right panel.

note

Unchecking this permission prevents the user from viewing the history of any file, including their own files.

caution

Only users with Admin or Super-Admin roles can disable file history viewing.