Course Description for 
Search For And Use Document—Advanced

This course shows you how to perform an advanced search for documents in the IFS Document Management system and how to distribute documents. The course consists of the following chapters:

Course Length

The estimated time to complete this course is 55 minutes.

Target Audience

This course is designed primarily for users who search for and deal with documentation in their daily work. The course is also directed at occasional users.

Search For Documents

This chapter shows advanced methods of retrieving documents that are stored in IFS Document Management. It consists of one  extended exercise.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed a basic navigation course in IFS Applications.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 15 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is useful for all types of users, since all users need to search for documents at one time or another. 

Distribute Document Revision

This chapter shows how a document revision can be distributed to the organization using IFS Document Management. Distribution of documents is an extended function and therefore, this chapter is aimed at more advanced users. It consists of one extended lesson and one exercise.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed a basic navigation course in IFS Applications.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 40 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter is designed primarily for the more advanced users who are responsible for distributing information within an organization, e.g., information managers or project managers.

Structure Documents

This chapter describes how to view and navigate complete document structures.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the key lessons in the Create Document and Develop Document chapters. You should know about document structures and how to create them manually and preferably also about working with file structures in 3D-CAD and similar applications.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is one hour and 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for the users who need to view technical documentation using document structures, for example, documents developed in 3D-CAD applications, and for those who need to maintain external references between files.