Interactive Use

Interactive use is the work a person actively performs in Files.com. It includes opening and editing files, sending a delivery, investigating activity, and administering the site's connections and access. An engineer using the CLI and a colleague working in a desktop application are both using the platform interactively.

The files can be stored on Files.com or reached through a connected system. Your account and permissions determine what you can use; the interface determines how you work with it.

The web interface brings file operations, activity, and administration together. The Desktop App puts shared files into local applications, while the CLI supports people who prefer to perform operations from a terminal. Choosing an interface does not require changing where the files live.

This part of the Book helps people doing that work and administrators establishing it for their teams. A useful setup gives someone the files and actions their job requires, makes the effect of a change clear, and provides a way to confirm the result.

For shared work, that includes knowing which copy colleagues use and when an edit is available to them. For an external delivery, it includes deciding what the recipient can access and when that access ends.

People also make decisions that automated processes depend on. A finance employee might review a supplier's file, correct a supporting document, and place an approved report in a folder for onward delivery. The human review and the subsequent Automation are different stages of the same process. Keep the point at which responsibility passes from the person to the workflow clear.

Access and activity records help people coordinate, but they do not supply the business decision. Access to a shared file does not automatically put everyone in one co-authoring session, and a record that someone downloaded a report does not establish that they approved it. The Team Collaboration example connects these everyday choices to a complete arrangement for a team and its external contacts.