Difference between 'author' and 'creator' in teamsite

rohitspathak123

Hi All ,

Using TS 6.5 Sol 5.8

Was giong through the 'iwattrib' command . There we have something called 'owner' and 'creator' and 'lastuser'

[HTML]
iwattrib owner
iwattrib creator
iwattrib lastuser
[/HTML]

There is confusion in case of 'creator' & 'lastuser'.

I created a brand new file in CC using user1 . Then edited the same file with user2.

When I ran the command
[HTML]iwattrib creator [/HTML]

result was 'user2' & not 'user1' . Though 'user1' was the person who created the file & 'user2' was the person who edited or modified the file.

Please let me know why this is so ? OR any detailed definition of 'creator' & 'lastuser'.

When I ran the command
[HTML]iwattrib lastuser [/HTML]

i got 'user2' as result which is good.

~ rohit

Adam Stoller

You do not provide any information about events (if any) occurring between the initial creation by user1 and the subsequent editing by user2 - nor what mechanism is being used to edit the files by user2.

I'm not positive, but I believe that if user1 created and submitted the file (i.e. they are able to log in with the role of editor or higher) than they will be credited as the creator of the file.

If user1 creates the file, but user2 submits the file to staging, it is likely that user2 will be credited with the creation of the file as they created the initial version of the file in staging.

If the application used for editing the file replaces the file in the workarea with a new file (moves the original file aside, writes the modified version in place, removes the original file) then user2 will likely be seen as the creator of the file even if it hasn't been submitted.

If the application used for editing the file overwrites the original file in the workarea - user1 should still be the creator, but it's possible that TeamSite doesn't recognize this (a full, but simplified, use-case detailing the activities and the results from iwattrib during the course of the process could be submitted to IWOV Support for confirmation and/or creation of a bug report / feature request)