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When someone requests a file using your request a file tool, the person who uploads the file's name gets added to the file name eg janedoe_filea.pdf . This is really frustrating and I end up having t...
nikolajb
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Bump - please add a feature to be able to choose disabling prefixing the uploader name to any uploaded files through a file request.
I definitely appreciate being able to audit/track who has uploaded files some of the time. However, coming from a media/production company there are so many cases where simply receiving the files without any name change would save a huge amount of time instead of having to rename - when you're working with large volumes of files it really makes a huge difference not having to do batch renames every time! If I still need to audit who was responsible for an upload then I can check the admin console anyway.
Thank you.