Drawer maintenance

Update Drawer Status dialog

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Use this dialog to assign a drawer status to multiple drawers at one time. You can assign a status of Active, Inactive, or Defunct. You can focus drawers by status in the Folders window or in dialogs that include a list of drawers, such as the Backup and Copy Drawers dialogs.
To open this dialog, choose Help > Repair, and click the Update Drawer Status button in the Drawers tab.
note
You can assign status to individual drawers in the File > Drawer Properties dialog by selecting Active, Inactive, or Defunct from the
Status
 field.

Fields & buttons

Assign status
Choose from this drop-down list the status (Active, Inactive, or Defunct) you want to assign to drawers that meet the criteria you specify in this dialog.
Drawers without recent event history
Mark this checkbox to apply the selected status to only drawers without a recent event history, as defined by the following options.
  • No activity logged in the event history since <date>:
     Click this option to apply the selected status to only those drawers that have had no event logged since the date that you specify by clicking the drop-down arrow for the
    Date field
    . Choose a date using the calendar that opens.
  • Fewer than <n> activities logged in the event history since <date>:
     Click this option to apply the selected status to only those drawers that have had less than the number of events logged that you specify since the date that you specify. Enter a number in the
    Number
     field or use the arrows to increase or decrease the value shown; choose a date using the calendar that opens.
Drawers containing only archives
Mark this checkbox to apply the selected status to drawers that contain only archives.
Drawers explicitly selected
Mark this checkbox to explicitly select drawers to be updated with the assigned status.

This article applies to:

  • Product: digita-filecabinet