Is there any way to completely remove the folder's date shown in the WDS?

It is really usefull to have this information for reports but unfortunately, as the folder's content does not correspond to the latest update of the folder's content, we are encountering lot of problem with our users.

Most of them think that the data are not refreshed because the folder date never changes. Even if we explained this several times, it's still the same question and same comment that the head of the statistics branch receives.

Could you please tell us if there is any way to "at least" remove the date? A batch? An apsx modification? other ways?


Thank you in advanced.

At the current time, you cannot remove the date from the folder, and keep it on the files. it is an "all or nothing" setting.

But we are looking through the code right now to see if it can be easily modified.

We will most likely create a preference for this in WDS 8.3

Thank you Gilles.

Do you have any launch date for the WDS 8.3?

It is too early in our development cycle to have a launch date yet.

hello UNCTAD,

We figured out a way for your to fix the folder's date. It will actually remove it from report folders.

First, make a backup of the reportexplorer.js file, before modifying it.

Then find the file <website>/ReportFolders/reportExplorer.js. Edit it with notepad. Find the function onPageLoad, and replace the whole function with this code:

function onPageLoad() {
onPageLoadGlobal();
onLayoutResize(true);

if (typeof(ObjWdsForm.RF_ReportName) != 'undefined') {
setTimeout("myfocus(ObjWdsForm.RF_ReportName);", 1);
}
setTimeout("onLayoutResize(false);", 10);

//customization - remove dates from lines representing folders.
var clDiv = document.getElementById("SpanTableContents");
var clTable = clDiv.firstChild;
for (var i = 0; i < clTable.rows.length; i++) {
var clRow = clTable.rows[i];
var bFolder = false;
for (var j = 0; j < clRow.cells.length; j++) {
var clCell = clRow.cells[j];
if (clCell.innerHTML.indexOf("OnFolderClick") > 0) {
bFolder = true;
}
if (bFolder) {
if (clCell.className.indexOf("RFDate") > 0) {
clCell.innerHTML = "";
}
}
}
}
}

We have internally tested it with a WDS 8.1 site, in IE 8 and FireFox 5, without any issues.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this yourself, you can send us the file at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or use the file transfers application on the right side of our web site, and we can modify the code for you and send the file back.

Gilles.

Thank you very much to all the team!
It's perfect.