How to add documents to zones

This article will show you how to link documents to zones in Dalux. By attaching a document to a zone, you can easily access the document(s) when selecting the zone, whether on Dalux desktop or Dalux mobile.

How to attach a document to a zone

 User rights

Adding documents to zones can be done by project administrators, project planning managers, and users with either 'Write' or 'Edit' permissions to a given Box folder. The document attached to a zone will be visible to anyone with at least 'View' access to the folder the document is located in.

You can add a document to a zone from any folder in Box.

Navigate to a folder Select a file More Add to Zones.

Then select the zone(s) you want to add the document to. Multiple zones can be selected by either holding Ctrl or Shift while clicking. When you have selected the zones you need, click the 'Add' button.

Open a document attached to a zone on desktop

Technical information

If you enable the file areas feature in your project, documents that are added to a zone will only be visible on the zone if the documents have been published.

When looking at the zones in Locations, a -icon will show if a document has been attached to the zone.

When you open the zone, a menu will show the available attached documents.

Open a document attached to a zone on mobile

On Dalux mobile, files attached to zones are accessed the same way as on Dalux desktop.

Go to Locations and choose the zone. If there are any documents attached to the zone, you will see a icon, and you can easily open the documents.

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