PDF Portfolio "Description" column is always blank, how to use this column?

Question

We have very long filenames so the description column would be pretty handy to let people know which doc is which considering they all start with job number and client name and look the same when truncated in the "Name" column

How do I edit the Description column, I tried entering text in all of the meta data fields I could find, none of them showed up in the portfolio document list

In the picture below I would like the Description column to read as:

CONTRACT

BID SUBMISSION

SPECIFICATION

ADDENDUM #1

ADDENDUM #2

try67 · Accepted Answer

Copying the data from the file is a bit tricky, but setting it manually can be done using a script. Go to Details View, making sure no file from the Portfolio is open (click on a blank spot in the files list to close the currently open file), and run this code from the JS Console:

this.dataObjects[0].description = "CONTRACT";
this.dataObjects[1].description = "BID SUBMISSION";
this.dataObjects[2].description = "SPECIFICATION";
this.dataObjects[3].description = "ADDENDUM #1";
this.dataObjects[4].description = "ADDENDUM #2";

Not ideal, but it works...

Dave Creamer of IDEAS · Answer

Unfortunately, I think you have to enter the text while in portfolio list view. It would make too much sense to pick up the document properties info. Hopefully, someone can post and correct me.

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