Activity

Overview

The Activity page shows a timeline of every change Filently (or you) made to your documents, newest first. Use it to see what happened, when, and who did it, all in one place. Activities are grouped by day under Today, Yesterday, and Earlier.

Activity types

Every document produces a stream of activities. There are four kinds:

• Added shows how a document entered Filently. The label tells you the source: Uploaded (a direct upload), Forwarded by email, or Found in inbox (you dropped a file into your watched inbox folder). The document lands in your inbox.

• Filed is when a document gets its name and moves out of the inbox into a home. It is attributed to an actor: Auto-filed (Filently filed it automatically) or You filed (you confirmed or filed it manually).

• Edited is a change to a filed document's name or folder. The label says exactly what changed: Renamed, Moved, or Renamed & moved.

• Deleted shows that you removed a document before it was filed. When you also move the file to Google Drive trash, the activity notes it; otherwise the file stays in your Drive.

Each activity shows the before and after of whatever changed. A rename shows the old name struck through next to the new one. A move shows the old folder and the new folder. When filing creates new folders, a small note tells you how many, and you can hover it to see which folders were created.

Filtering

A filter bar sits above the timeline:

• When narrows by time: All time, Today, Yesterday, or a custom date range.

• Type narrows by activity kind: All, Added, Filed, Edits, or Deleted.

The live count next to the filters tells you how many activities match. Use Clear filters to reset.

A single document's history

To see just one document's history, open the document menu (the three dots on its card) and choose View history. A panel opens with that document's full timeline, from when it was added through its latest change.