Calculating Entry Sizes

You can calculate the total size of a selected entry or entries. Calculating the size of one or more documents will tell you the total size of all elements of the documents (including pages, images, text, electronic files, word location data, thumbnails, and attachment annotations). If the selected entries include one or more folders, all documents and subfolders will also be included.

Calculating entry size is most commonly used by administrators to determine how the repository's contents are allocated. If you are short on space, you can also use the feature to determine where your resources are currently being most intensively used.

You must have the Browse and Read entry access rights for the entries you will be analyzing, as well as the Extended Properties feature right for the repository. Any documents for which you do not have both Browse and Read will be skipped, and their sizes will not be included in the final calculation.

If you have the Browse entry access right but not the Read entry access right, you will be notified of how many documents were skipped in the file size calculation. This allows an administrator with Browse access (such as the Bypass Browse or Manage Entry Access privileges) to determine how many documents are and are not in the final size and ensure that all documents are accounted for.

Because entry size calculation must be performed in the folder browser, it is documented more fully in the Laserfiche User Guide. For more information, see Calculating Entry Sizes in the User Guide.

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