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Version control and change tracking

Purpose

1.1. Automate version control and change tracking to ensure all document modifications are recorded with full audit trails in compliance with federal regulations.
1.2. Automates collaborative editing, reduces manual errors, ensures document integrity, provides rollback/recovery, tracks accountability, and manages approvals with automation.
1.3. Automator captures meta-data, user access logs, timestamps, and automates notifications for every change to official documents, policies, or forms.
1.4. Automating the archiving, retrieval, and comparison of document versions for regulatory audits and internal reviews, supporting compliance and security mandates.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated trigger on document upload, edit, delete, or read events within the DMS or ECM.
2.2. Automation on user approval, digital signature, or workflow status change.
2.3. Automator activates on API request for version comparison, reverting changes, or export logs.
2.4. Automates alert when unauthorized or out-of-policy modifications are detected.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft SharePoint
  • Feature/Setting: Versioning settings - Configure automatic version history for every document library.
3.2. Google Drive (Google Workspace API)
  • Feature/Setting: Revisions API - Automates revision logging and querying for any document.
3.3. Box
  • Feature/Setting: File Version API - Automated control over versions and access logs via webhooks.
3.4. Dropbox
  • Feature/Setting: /files/list_revisions endpoint - Automates version history retrieval and monitoring.
3.5. DocuSign
  • Feature/Setting: Envelopes: List Audit Events - Automatically tracks all signing and change actions.
3.6. Egnyte
  • Feature/Setting: File Audit Report API - Automates tracking of document modifications and access.
3.7. Alfresco
  • Feature/Setting: VersionService API - Automatedly manages and restores previous file versions.
3.8. M-Files
  • Feature/Setting: Automatic Versioning - Automates creation and rollback of versioned items.
3.9. OpenText Content Suite
  • Feature/Setting: Versions REST API - Automates tracking, retrieval, and audit of document versions.
3.10. IBM FileNet
  • Feature/Setting: Version Control Services - Automated control of document revisions and change events.
3.11. Laserfiche
  • Feature/Setting: Entry Version Tracking - Automates capturing and reporting version information.
3.12. Amazon S3
  • Feature/Setting: Bucket Versioning - Automates document version storage and event notifications.
3.13. Azure Blob Storage
  • Feature/Setting: Versioning - Automates version capture and retention policies.
3.14. GitHub
  • Feature/Setting: Repository Webhooks & Commits API - Automates commit log, history, and file restores.
3.15. GitLab
  • Feature/Setting: Repository Commits API - Automates version details and modifications log.
3.16. Atlassian Confluence
  • Feature/Setting: Content History API - Automatedly retrieves and manages page/document versions.
3.17. ServiceNow
  • Feature/Setting: Change Management Module - Automates audit and tracking of knowledge articles.
3.18. Zoho WorkDrive
  • Feature/Setting: File Version API - Automates file edits, reviews, and audit logs.
3.19. Slack
  • Feature/Setting: File Edits Events API - Automates real-time alerting and backup for changes.
3.20. Monday.com
  • Feature/Setting: File Versioning Automations - Automates logging and notifications on file changes.

Benefits

4.1. Automates document lifecycle traceability, supporting federal compliance and FOIA requests.
4.2. Automatedly enhances data integrity, accountability, and security within all digital records.
4.3. Reduces manual tracking workload, ensuring continuously updated audit logs by automation.
4.4. Automator accelerates reviews, regulatory reporting, and disaster recovery using versioned snapshots.
4.5. Automating notifications minimizes risk of unauthorized or accidental document changes.

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