You can share data with read access by creating a public link. You can give this link to other persons. Everyone who gets this link can view the data.
The following options are available.
You can set a password for the access.
You can define that the link expires after a specific time frame, e.g. after one month.
You can revoke the public link.
How to share data with read access by using a public link:
Note: Before using this function on a Mac OS workstation, you have to enable the Drive Finder Extension.
Open the local Drive folder in your system's file browser.
Open a folder's or file's context menu in the local Drive folder. Select this function:
on a MS Windows system:
on a Mac OS system:
A window opens. It contains a public link for read access to the share.
To share the link, the following options are available.
To insert the link into other applications, click the
icon next to the link.In order to directly send the link by E-Mail, click on
.Enter the desired E-Mail addresses. If required, enter a message.
The following options are available:
By default, the data are shared with read access for an unlimited time. To set a time limit for access to the shared data, enable
. Select a date.To protect access with a password, enable
. Enter a password. To view the password as plain text, click the icon.If you send the public link by E-Mail, the E-Mail contains the password.
In order to revoke access to a shared item, click on
.Click on
.Also see
Parent topic: On a Workstation