> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.bdb.ai/interacting-with-platform-4/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.bdb.ai/interacting-with-platform-4/homepage/document-folders.md).

# Document Folders

The various document folders available on the BDB Platform are explained under this section.

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*Please be informed that the **Story** module **has been renamed** as **Report**. The steps to access the attributed options to a report and applying then remain the same. The detailed documentation in progress to reflect those changes.*
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## Available Documents <a href="#available-documents" id="available-documents"></a>

The Home page displays the following documents by clicking on the ***Folder*** icon:

1. My Documents
2. Public Documents
3. Shared Documents
4. Favorites

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/yLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB/blobs/pnrL707IgiWBcze5c3Wf/image.png)

### **My Documents** <a href="#my-documents" id="my-documents"></a>

* ***My Documents*** lists all the documents created by the user or assigned to the user.
* The documents are displayed in thumbnail format.

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* The default screen for a Platform users displays the given notification message until they do not create their first document. &#x20;

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/yLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB/blobs/EhNMqUL6sl9C50sQbNSb/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p><em><strong>Default Display of My Documents</strong></em></p></figcaption></figure>

## **Public Documents** <a href="#public-documents" id="public-documents"></a>

* The ***Public Documents*** folder is available to all users.
* Users can view documents shared by others.
* The users also get the ***Create*** option to create various documents inside the ***Public Documents** space*. Those documents will be shared publicly to other users by default.

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### Options provided to Public Documents

The documents and folders shared under the Public Documents space also get some modification options. Mostly the following options are provided to the folders available under the ***Public Documents*** folder:

1. Open in New Tab
2. Properties
3. Add to Favorites
4. Create New Folder
5. Create New Story
6. Link a URL
7. Rename​​

The following image displays documents created under the ***Public Documents*** folder together with the shared documents to the Public Documents folder to display the difference of the credited options.

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The following image displays list of the attributed options provided for a folder under the ***Public Documents***.

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> The documents available under the **Public Documents** space <mark style="color:red;">**do not contain**</mark>* ***Move to, Copy,** and **Delete** options unless they are created by the users.*
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## **Shared Documents** <a href="#shared-documents" id="shared-documents"></a>

* The documents shared by other users to you can be part of the ***Shared Documents*****.**
  * The users receive a view-only copy of the documents which are shared using the ***Share With*** option.
  * The documents shared via the ***Copy To*** option contain all the edit permissions for the users.

    * E.g., In the below-given image displays some shared documents under the ***Shared Documents.***

    <figure><img src="https://290203958-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FyLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB%2Fuploads%2FXeHSk8XXzpd9XJmHaRsV%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=4b6123f8-f9d4-4aaa-a54d-dd6407d55d4b" alt=""><figcaption><p><em><strong>Documents under the Shared Documents folder</strong></em></p></figcaption></figure>

* Use the right-click on both documents to get the credited operations. You can see that the stories shared by using the ***Copy To*** option has all the documents options to modify them, while the stories shared using the ***Share with*** do not display any documentation modification option.

<figure><img src="https://290203958-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FyLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB%2Fuploads%2FpZYJKG7o8oGcK6mfSxbq%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=c126b94f-7957-4318-939c-5a4cf4447c20" alt=""><figcaption><p><em><strong>Documents under the Shared Documents</strong></em></p></figcaption></figure>

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark>*&#x20;

* *The document shared using the **Copy To** option gets all the permissions to modify it, while the document that is shared using the **Share with** option gets no permission to modify it.*&#x20;
* *The document shared to another user using the **Share with** option will reflect all the changes in the shared version that are done in the original version of that document.*
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## **Favorites** <a href="#favorites" id="favorites"></a>

* The documents marked as a favorite by a user are saved under the ***Favorites*** document folder.
* The documents in frequent use by the users are a part of the ***Favorites*** document folder.
* Users can remove a document from ***Favorites*** (if desired).
* The documents added to the ***Favorites*** do not get any permission to modify them.
* The user can open the document added to the ***Favorites*** into a new tab.

<figure><img src="https://290203958-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FyLpkzJD96KjNdjlzFpyB%2Fuploads%2FsWJYjUcUsVsTnMXZN5Pq%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=d59fa5b3-1084-4e1f-ab79-070d15a3da7d" alt=""><figcaption><p><em><strong>Documents under the Favorites folder​</strong></em></p></figcaption></figure>

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> The **My Documents** space opens by default while opening the BDB Platform homepage.*
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