Record metadata
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You can edit a record’s metadata if you have full write access to the record.
The visible record metadata fields depend on your personal settings. A record can be displayed with:
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Email metadata fields (i.e. metadata fields used when sending an email), see the Email delivery metadata fields section.
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Standard metadata fields, see the Standard metadata fields section.
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Advanced metadata fields, see the Advanced metadata fields section.
 
Click Show all fields in the record window ribbon to adjust which metadata fields are displayed.
Various metadata associated with a given record depend on its status and your rights.
The following sections describe the metadata fields and how to manage certain record metadata.
Email delivery metadata fields
The email delivery metadata fields are described below. Read more about creating and sending emails.
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Title  | 
“Title” is shown in every metadata field view. It is a free-text field describing the record. Enter a title when you create a record. You can change it later. On an email the title is identical to an email’s subject field. 
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From  | 
The sender of the email. This field is filled in automatically when you start typing in the “To” or “Cc” field.  | 
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To  | 
Enter any recipients of the email here.  | 
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Cc  | 
Enter any Cc recipients of the email here.  | 
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Xbc  | 
Enter any Xbc recipients of the email here. Adding an external participant under Xbc is equivalent to adding a recipient in Bcc in traditional email systems. If you add an internal participant under Xbc, it is equivalent to adding them under Cc. Xbc is not hidden for other F2 users and only affects outgoing external emails. 
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Delivery field suggestions
When you have entered at least two characters in the "From", "To", "Cc", or "Xbc" fields, F2 shows participant suggestions from the participant register in a drop-down menu below the fields (also known as auto-complete).
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The top suggestions are user-specific followed by universal suggestions.
Select a participant by double-clicking on it or by pressing Enter.
| Ensure that you select the correct participant before sending. F2 automatically selects the top result. Manually select another participant from the list using the arrow keys or your mouse before pressing Enter. | 
User-specific suggestions are based on your email history. F2 assesses which participants may be relevant to you based on information about users you email frequently and when you have emailed them last. F2 shows up to ten user-specific suggestions depending on your input and the number of relevant users. Click the X next to a user-specific suggestion to remove it. The X is only visible when you hover your cursor over the username.
F2 does not distinguish between delivery fields when providing user-specific suggestions. You will therefore receive the same suggestions in all four fields. If you remove a suggestion from one of the fields, it will also disappear as a suggestion in the other fields. This also applies to user-specific suggestions in the advanced search fields "From" and "To" and the "External participant" field in the Share Externally module.
If you remove a user-specific suggestion, you can still find the user through the universal suggestions. If you frequently add the user to a delivery field, they will appear as a user-specific suggestion again.
In addition to user-specific suggestions, F2 displays up to 20 universal suggestions based on your input. Internal participants are shown before external participants. Universal suggestions are displayed in alphabetical order. The only visible difference between user-specific and universal suggestions is that F2 displays an X next to user-specific suggestions, so you can remove them.
| It is possible to disable user-specific suggestions for participants in the "To", "From", "Cc", and "Xbc" fields. It is also possible to configure other search methods for user-specific suggestions. F2 is configured in cooperation with cBrain. | 
Standard metadata fields
The metadata fields shown on a record in non-expanded mode are reviewed below.
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Title  | 
“Title” is shown in every metadata field view. It is a free-text field describing the record. Enter a title when you create a record. You can change it later. 
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Status  | 
The status of a record indicates whether it is “In progress” or “Completed”.  | 
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Deadline  | 
In this field a deadline is set on the record. This value is used e.g. in searches and for sorting lists.  | 
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Responsible  | 
The “Responsible” field specifies the user or unit formally responsible for the record. Read more about reallocating responsibility for a record.  | 
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Letter date  | 
If the record has been sent or received, it has a letter date. This is the date on which the record was sent or received in F2. In case of a scanned physical letter, you can add a letter date in this field, which should correspond to the date on the physical letter.  | 
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Case  | 
If there is a case number in this field, the record has been added to a case. If the field is empty, it can be added to a case from here. If a record is already added to a case, it may be moved to another by replacing the case number. You may also remove the record from a case if you have the required rights. In order to remove a record from a case, delete the case number from the “Case” field. Adding the record to a new case is not required. If a record must be added to a known case, enter the case number or case title in this field. Then select the case and press Enter or double-click. Read more about adding a record to a case. A case contains its own set of metadata. Read more about case metadata.  | 
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Registered  | 
In some public organisations, a tick in the “Registered” field means that the record will be included in deliveries to the National Archives or similar institutions. Private organisations may use this field to indicate particularly important records that may not be deleted. In addition this field, like any other record metadata, is used for miscellaneous searches, groupings, etc.  | 
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Record no.  | 
When a record is registered, a record number is allocated consecutively within a case. This means that only registered records added to a case have a record number.  | 
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Access  | 
Select the access level for the record: 
 If a record is subject to an access restriction in the “Access restricted to” or “Case access restricted to” fields, an asterisk “*” is shown in the “Access” field. Read more about access levels on records and how they are changed.  | 
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Keyword  | 
Add predefined keywords to the record. You can add keywords in three different ways: 
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Created date  | 
This field shows the date when the record was created and by whom. 
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External access  | 
This field is only used for marking the record in connection with customer-specific integrations. 
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Advanced metadata fields
The advanced record metadata fields are described below.
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Title  | 
“Title” is shown in every metadata field view. It is a free-text field describing the record. Enter a title when you create a record. You can change it later. 
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Access restricted to  | 
Any access groups (users/teams/security groups, etc.) for the record are specified here. This field limits the access to the listed users and groups. Regardless of the record’s access level as specified in the “Access” field, only users/groups that have been added to this field can access the record. However, the access level is still in effect, which means that anyone added to this field must also be included in the record’s access level. Read more about restricting access to a record. 
 
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Case access restricted to  | 
Any access groups on the record’s case are shown here. This field is empty unless three conditions are met: the record is added to a case, “Case access” is ticked, and the case has an access restriction. If the above criteria are met, F2 automatically transfers the users, units, teams, and/or security groups from the case access restriction to this field. 
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Case access  | 
If this box is ticked, the access restriction on the record’s case is automatically transferred to the record. This means that an access restriction added to the case is applied to all its records. To avoid transferring the access restriction, the restriction must be replaced by a new one on the record. This is done by adding the relevant users and units to the “Access restricted to” field. Note that the “Access” field determines the access level on the record and also affects which users can access said record. The “Access” field is described in the Standard metadata fields section. 
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Suppl. case mgr.  | 
Add any supplementary case managers on the record here. These are users, teams and/or units that help with the case proceeding without being responsible for the record. Read more about adding a supplementary case manager.  | 
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Record participants  | 
Add participants other than the sender, recipient, case manager, supplementary case manager, and the responsible participant to the record. When you have entered at least two characters in the field, F2 shows record participant suggestions. User-specific suggestions are based on participants you frequently use in the "Record participants" field and can be removed using the X as in delivery fields. F2 shows up to 10 user-specific suggestions and 20 universal suggestions. Universal suggestions are displayed in alphabetical order after any user-specific suggestions. 
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SSN/CVR no.  | 
Add an SSN or CVR number to the case.  | 
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Record type  | 
Used to distinguish between records sent to external participants, received from external participants or for internal work. The following record types are available: 
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“Previous case no.”  | 
If the record was added to another case or exists in another system, the original case number is shown here. You can also fill in this field manually.  | 
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Remind date  | 
A remind date is a date used in connection with reminders that may be added to the record. This is to remind you of taking action, e.g. following up on a record, in due time before its deadline expires. 
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Received date  | 
This is the date when the record was received. This is set automatically if the record is sent electronically. If the record originated as a physical letter, it is possible to enter the received date manually. This is useful for distinguishing the date printed on the letter from the date it was received. If the record is sent electronically, a value identical to the letter date will be entered automatically in this field.  | 
Metadata fields on a record with the unit casework line
A user is able to monitor the recipient’s processing of a record sent to users or units with the “Send” function. This is done from the record window’s “Advanced” tab by ticking the “Unit casework line” box before sending the record.
When a record is sent to an internal user or unit, the “Unit casework line” is created for each recipient, both users and units.
The “Unit casework” line only appears when the record is sent. It is visible when the advanced metadata fields are shown. The line is always visible to the recipients regardless of which field of groups are displayed.
The metadata fields of the unit casework line are described in the table below.
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Seen (by unit)  | 
Indicates whether a user in the unit has seen the record.  | 
Seen (by responsible user)  | 
Indicates whether the responsible user has seen the record.  | 
Responsible  | 
The “Responsible” field specifies the user who is responsible for the record in the recipient unit. If a record is sent to a specific user, their unit is displayed here until they have seen the record.  | 
Status  | 
The recipient specifies the record status in the receipt registration. This informs the sender whether the record has been completed or is still in progress.  | 
Deadline  | 
Here, the record recipient adds a deadline. Update the “Deadline” field by clicking on the calendar icon  You can also enter a date by typing e.g. “+10” to set a deadline 10 days from the current date. When you leave the field, F2 automatically changes the format to dd-mm-yyyy. Consequences of editing a deadline: The record will be included in the standard searches “Deadline tomorrow: Me” and “Deadline tomorrow: Unit” when appropriate.  |