How to upgrade the Collaboris Notification SchedulerThe Collaboris Notification Scheduler is responsible for issuing all of the emails associated with DocRead tasks. Emails can be sent when tasks are assigned, completed or fall overdue. If you need upgrade the Notification Scheduler it’s fairly straight forward, but you must remember to back-up 3 config files first. […]
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Where is all the data stored in DocRead?Virtually everything is stored in the DocRead database – however, there is also configuration stored in SharePoint allowing us to embed DocRead into it so tightly. The following list details all of the types of information that are stored for DocRead and where they are stored. Globally – SharePoint […]
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How to delete a SurveyTo delete a survey you first need ensure that it is not attached to any document or else the users will receive an error if they try to complete it via the document (i.e. when they select “Complete Survey” on the document library Ribbon or when they try to complete a […]
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Why don’t we send DocRead e-mails using SharePoint ?All e-mails in DocRead are sent using the DocRead Notification Scheduler service (not using the email functionality that SharePoint offers). This means that the DocRead Notification Scheduler is a Windows Service that can run on a Windows Server that doesn’t require SharePoint. At the time we designed scheduler, we thought long […]
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How to disable DocRead Assigned EmailsDepending on your situation, you may need to disable assigned emails from being sent out with DocRead. This can be a for a few reasons such as : You are just starting with DocRead and have a large backlog of documents that need reading. To assign them all at once […]
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How does the Notification Scheduler work?The Notification Scheduler has 3 jobs responsible for sending emails: New Tasks Job – Responsible for sending emails for new reading tasks – This job, by default, runs once per hour every Overdue Tasks Job – Responsible for sending emails for overdue tasks – This job runs by default once […]
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How to maximise the impact of the My Reading ListDocRead offers several ways to manage your compliance requirements. Emails can be sent when a new task is issued to you. But probably the most helpful is the DocRead ‘My Reading Task’ web part. This can be placed on your organizations intranet site and customized to […]
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