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Use drag and drop on file upload dialog to attach multiple files

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Users, automatically - Oct 4, 2024

Business value

Drag and drop functionality to attach multiple files to Business Central records makes it easier to manage files. This feature benefits users who work with multiple files and adds value to organizations by enhancing data organization and accessibility.

Feature details

You can drag multiple files at the same time to attach them to records in Business Central. Select multiple files, and then just drag them to the file upload dialog.

Shows file upload dialog that now accepts multiple files at once.

The following pages and actions open a File Upload dialog. You can upload multiple files either by choosing Browse to manually select them or by dragging multiple files to the dialog.

  • Document Attachments List FactBox page, which is available on many document pages in the Attachments part of the FactBox pane.
  • Incoming Document Files FactBox page, which is available on pages related to incoming documents.
  • Email Editor page, which is used to draft and send emails from Business Central.

Document attachments

The Doc. Attachments List FactBox is available in the Attachments part of the FactBox pane. It comes with same set of actions that the existing Document Attachments has. However, it also features a quick overview of uploaded files, so you don't have to open the Attached Document page.

Shows new attached Documents FactBox.

Note

If you choose to use the new Attachments FactBox, you can use Business Central's personalization capabilities to hide the legacy Document Attachments FactBox, which will be deprecated in upcoming releases.

Incoming document files

The Incoming Document Files FactBox has two separate actions for uploading incoming document files:

  • You can choose the Upload main attachment action, which was previously named Attach File, to upload a single main incoming document attachment.
  • You can choose the Upload supporting attachments action to upload multiple supporting document attachments for the incoming document.

Shows updated actions on Incoming Documents FactBox.

Email editor

On the Email Editor page, you can choose the Add files action to attach one of more attachments to emails you are sending from Business Central.

Shows updated Add files action on Email Editor page.

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