× Table of Contents Concepts of Feng Office Types of information Commenting on objects Subscribing to objects Linking objects Searching Organizing and filtering information Protecting information Creating reports This is an old revision of the document! Concepts of Feng Office On this page we describe the basic concepts of Feng Office. Understanding these concepts is crucial for understanding the whole application, so make sure you read this page before the rest of the manual. Types of information There are many different types of information in Feng Office, for example: Notes E-mails Contacts (addresses of people and of the companies/organisations they belong to) Documents (i.e. word files, presentations, PDF files, images) Tasks and milestones Events Web links Time entries for tasks Reports When we are talking about these types of information we often refer to them as content objects or simply objects. Commenting on objects Many information types allow you to add a comment. This is the most simple way to communicate in Feng Office. Your comment will be attached to the content object, other users can read it (and reply, if they like). Comments in Feng Office work very much like comments in blogs. Read more about commenting on objects. Subscribing to objects Subscribing to an object means that you will get an e-mail notification for every comment made on that specific object in the future. This is very handy if you want to observe a certain object or if you simply want to follow an ongoing discussion. Read more about subscribing to objects. Linking objects Information is often interdependent. For example, to fulfill a task you may need certain documents. Or you have a message that relates to a specific event. Feng Office makes it easy to show related information by linking content objects. Linking is a universal concept in Feng Office, you can link any type of content objects. Read more about linking objects. Searching There is a full text search in Feng Office allowing you to search with in all information stored in your Feng Office installation, no matter what type. The results are presented in a way that you instantly know where they were found (what information type they are). Read more about search. Organizing and filtering information The more information you have, the more important are tools to organise your information. Feng Office offers two concepts for that purpose: workspaces and tagging. Workspaces are similar to folders, where you store your information in a hierarchical structure. Tags on the other hand help you to indicate that certain content objects belong to a certain topic. By filtering your information by workspace and/or by tag you will quickly find what you are looking for. Workspaces and tags are universal concepts of Feng Office as well, which means that you can use them regardless of the type of information you are dealing with. Read more about workspaces and tags. Protecting information Information you store in Feng Office is usually not public, and you often have some information that is more confidential than some other information. Therefore every user of Feng Office has an individual login, and every content object can be assigned to a limited group of users. Read more about user rights. Creating reports Feng Office offers a powerful reporting tool to create and store custom reports. Simply choose the object type plus the data fields (or columns) to display and add as many filters as needed to generate a list of your data that suits best your needs. Read more about reporting. Log In