The File Report tool generates a report listing all documents in the repository and their corresponding content files. The tool assists you in restoring deleted repository documents.

When a document must be re-created, this report can identify which files to restore from backup to rebuild the document. This tool is useful for restoring a single document (or a small set of documents), which cannot be done from database backup files.

The File Report tool, as installed, runs a full report once a week against all file storage areas in the repository. You can also run incremental reports and reports that examine only a subset of the storage areas for the repository.

File Report only provides a mechanism for restoring document content. Document metadata must be restored based upon the metadata in the report.

The File Report tool is installed in an inactive state. When you make the job active, set it up to run on the same schedule as file system backups. We recommend scheduling nightly incremental reports and less-frequent full repository reports. Set the incremental_report argument to TRUE to run an incremental job.

If your repository is so large that creating full reports is not practical or generates cumbersome files, set up multiple jobs, each corresponding to a different storage area. Set the storage_area argument to the storage area on which you are running the report.