View File Versions

[djbrooke]

The user may view the previous versions of a file, if they exist

• via UI
  • Includes the versions tab on the Dataset page and the written description of differences between versions.
• via API

[djbrooke]

@mheppler - can you link up the mockups here so that we can review and move to ready? Thanks!

[mheppler]

Mockups: Files (All Things) - Admin - Dataverse 4.2 and BEYOND...

[mheppler]

Related to/duplicate of: Files: Ability to Replace a File Instead of Deleting #2290

[djbrooke]

@mheppler - sending this your way, as you were going to update some wireframes - thanks!

[mheppler]

Discussion on some outstanding issues was made in this File Pg - UI Review Google doc.

Updated mockup.

[mheppler]

Outline of features associated with this issue.

Notes from QA on #2465 to follow up on in development of this File Versions issue.

File Pg

• Breadcrumbs
  • When viewing a draft or older version of a file, and you click the dataset name link in the breadcrumbs nav, should you go the dataset associated with that draft/version File Landing Page: Maintain version when moving from landing page back to dataset page when clicking on breadrcumb. #3514
• "View Dataset Versions" button redesign to work for both files + datasets Dataset - View Dataset Versions button does not appear on page load #2782
• Versions tab + table
  • Consistent with dataset versions table (onclick/delayed loading?)
  • Links to other versions, column header reads "Dataset Version" for clarification
  • Details associated with file displayed, otherwise "No changes..." msg displayed
  • View Differences button
• Version Differences Details popup
  • ?Does the file information get displayed differently for files than it does for dataset diff popup?
  • ?Rows for each metadata field like dataset's "Citation Metadata" and other blocks?

Dataset Pg

• Versions tab + table
  • Clean up version details for file replace (new backend solution needed? two files tables?) Files: Ability to Replace a File Instead of Deleting #2290
• Version Differences Details popup
  • Clean up version details for file replace (new backend solution needed? two files tables?) Files: Ability to Replace a File Instead of Deleting #2290

Dataverse Pg

• Result cards file name link should point to file pg, not dataset pg

My Data

• Result cards file name link should point to file pg, not dataset pg File cards in search should link to new File page #3555

API

• Add wrapper to access this information

User Guide

• ...of course this feature needs some docs!

[mheppler]

Briefly discussed in today's status meeting past performance issues with displaying dataset version numbers and links (#2782) in the UI and it was determined that we can and should be able to add these back as part of this development on the file versions feature.

I have added this as part of the outline in my comment above, under the Browsing section. Both @raprasad and @scolapasta would be excellent resources on how best to approach this.