View Component 25.4
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# Enable View to Access Documents

By default, View cannot access documents in the local file system. Additionally, by default, it cannot access UNC paths to Windows shared folders that contain dollar symbols ($). You must enable View to access documents in these directories by using the View component configuration file.

To enable View to access documents

1. Open the View component configuration file in a text editor.

2. Find the `[Viewing]` section, or create one if it does not exist.

3. Set the ViewLocalDirectoriesCSVs parameter to a comma-separated list of directories that contain documents that you want to allow the View component to access. You must list the full paths. For example:

       [Viewing]
       ViewLocalDirectoriesCSVs=C:\Shared,C:\PDFs

   View can access these directories and any subdirectories, and it can convert documents within these directories to HTML for display.

4. To allow the View component to access Windows shared folders that contain dollar symbols ($), you must set ViewAllowedSpecialUNCPathsCSVs to a comma-separated list of these paths. For example:

       ViewAllowedSpecialUNCPathsCSVs=C:\Shared$Files\

5. To allow the View component to access only the listed directories, set RestrictToAllowedDirectories to `True`. This parameter prevents View from accessing any directory or URL that is not listed. By default, only local disk access is restricted and View can access any (non-special) UNC path or Web URL.

6. Save and close the configuration file.

7. Restart the View component for your changes to take effect.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery View Component 25.4

Topic Title: Enable View to Access Documents