Attachments in Action

Hi All,
There is a link to add Attachments in Action. But I am not sure why this is used. I tried attaching a File to the Action. Once I submit this action, this attachment does not appear in the next action. What should be done to carry forward the attached files in the next action
Regards,
Mathan MP

Hi,
The links to add attachments is to add some documents to the process that you might want your colleagues to view while performing their tasks.
And regarding why it is not visible in the next step, this is because while adding the attachment you have the option to choose the scope. Which can be either the current Action, current Block or the current Process. So only if you add it to the process then all the processors/ users of diff tasks of that process will be able to see them.
Hope this helps,
Ashutosh

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