Bug 163828 - need a fields with revision number of the template and save date of the template
Summary: need a fields with revision number of the template and save date of the template
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Templates File-Properties
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Reported: 2024-11-09 13:04 UTC by Alan_FireTree
Modified: 2025-03-17 07:57 UTC (History)
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Description Alan_FireTree 2024-11-09 13:04:16 UTC 
Description:
To improve traceability of some documents, I need / it can be useful to have fields that indicates, the revision number of the template which creates the document and so the save date of the template too.
For example, if your have contracts templates, which can occasionally change, this can allow to easily mark templates changes between 2 documents.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.click on [insert] > [Fields] > [other fields]
2.
3.

Actual Results:
There is no field that permits to have the number of revision of the template and the save date of the template used

Expected Results:
it can be good to have this fields


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.7
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Dieter 2025-03-02 11:22:11 UTC 
Alan, thank you for your idea. Could it be a possibility to add that information to template name in in File -> Properties -> General?

cc: Design-Team
Comment 2 Regina Henschel 2025-03-02 14:32:07 UTC 
(In reply to Alan_FireTree from comment #0)
> Description:
> To improve traceability of some documents, I need / it can be useful to have
> fields that indicates, the revision number of the template which creates the
> document and so the save date of the template too.

You are aware that you can add user defined fields to the document description and show their information in the document?

Create: File > Properties > tab `Custom Properties`.
Show: Insert > Fields > More Fields > tab `DocInformation` > Custom

Only you need to maintain it manually.
Comment 3 Dieter 2025-03-02 14:55:32 UTC 
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #2)
> Create: File > Properties > tab `Custom Properties`.
> Show: Insert > Fields > More Fields > tab `DocInformation` > Custom
> 
> Only you need to maintain it manually.

Alan, is this at least a workaround?
=> NEEDINFO
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2025-03-03 07:57:13 UTC 
If I open the "Modern business letter" from the template manager, for example, the information under file > properties lists the revision number of 2. 

Still NEEDINFO
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2025-03-17 07:57:02 UTC 
Feel free to reopen.