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Is it possible to add an attribute which shows a files latest revision?

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I am looking to add an attribute which would show a files latest revision. So if an older model is to be referenced in, it is easy to see that the model is old and that a newer revision is available. As the attributes become read only I guess this would not be possible as the attribute would not be updated? I have however heard of systems existing which have this feature, does anyone know how this could be built in? Thanks in advance, Michael

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    Michael, are you looking to always have the current version attached?  There is a datasource setting to do that, by having this setting turned off:

    Lock reference documents to versions  When off (the default), the master document will always use the active version of a reference. (Off is the previous behavior, before the datasource setting was introduced.) When on, and the user attaches a reference to a master, the reference is locked to the sequence number of the reference's active version. This way, as new versions of the reference are created and the active version's sequence number slides forward, the master document will always use a fixed version of the reference (specifically, the version which now has the sequence number that the active version had when the reference was originally attached).  

    If that's not what you were looking for, there are ways you can find the current versions using the search, there is a "only current" option, or you can configure your user settings to only show the active version.  

    As far as an attribute value, I'm not sure how you are looking for that to work exactly... and I'm not sure that is the best way to what you are looking to do.   like you said, there won't be a way to modify the older versions as they will be read only.



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    Michael, are you looking to always have the current version attached?  There is a datasource setting to do that, by having this setting turned off:

    Lock reference documents to versions  When off (the default), the master document will always use the active version of a reference. (Off is the previous behavior, before the datasource setting was introduced.) When on, and the user attaches a reference to a master, the reference is locked to the sequence number of the reference's active version. This way, as new versions of the reference are created and the active version's sequence number slides forward, the master document will always use a fixed version of the reference (specifically, the version which now has the sequence number that the active version had when the reference was originally attached).  

    If that's not what you were looking for, there are ways you can find the current versions using the search, there is a "only current" option, or you can configure your user settings to only show the active version.  

    As far as an attribute value, I'm not sure how you are looking for that to work exactly... and I'm not sure that is the best way to what you are looking to do.   like you said, there won't be a way to modify the older versions as they will be read only.



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