Referencing Files

Reference existing files in the system by clicking on to open the file information.
Select the "References" tab and click on "Set references":

Your files from the clipboard are then displayed on the next page.

Important: Existing files can only be referenced with files from the clipboard. Add all required files, which you want to use as reference, to the clipboard first, so that they appear here for selection.

Select the file(s) to reference by checking the appropriate box and clicking "Save":

Files that are uploaded together can be referenced with each other directly in the upload. To do this, set the corresponding check mark for "Link files" on the upload page:

After successfully uploading the files, you will be prompted to select the master file that references the other files:


The master file appears in the file information as "Related files", all others as "Referenced by":

If you upload a new version of an existing file, the references of the existing file can be transferred in the upload.

To do this, select the "Take over references from predecessor" checkbox from the options on the upload page and then execute the upload process as usual:

Files can also be downloaded including references.

To do this, select a referenced file by checking the box in front of the name and then select "Download with references" from the menu at the bottom of the page.
Afterwards click on «Execute»:

After you click Execute, a ZIP folder containing the selected file and all referenced files will be downloaded

Existing references can be removed again by clicking on to open the file information.
Then select the "References" tab and click on «Set References»:

Then, in the new window, remove the checkmark under "Existing references" for the respective file(s) to remove the referencing.

After all changes have been made, click "Save" to complete the process: