What is the problem you are trying to solve with this feature?
I really like how attachments work in homebox, particularly how each attachment type is displayed on an item/asset. However I already am storing my receipts, warranties, and manuals in Paperless-NGX. Uploading a copy again into homebox now creates two locations for the documents which a inefficient use of storage, and two location I have to maintain, Honestly If i had to pick one of the two, Paperless-NGX with its OCR is the preferred location to store the docs.
What is the solution you are proposing?
If instead of uploading attachments into homebox, if we had the option to link to an outside URL, this would keep my homebox docker image smaller, and let me utilize my choice of document repository. Using paperless can create a document link, when I create an "Attachment" on a asset in homebox, I could just put that paperless shared doc URL as value for that attachment type.
This would be versatile because homebox users could then easily store these documents anywhere outside homebox, (google drive, Paperless-ngx, nextcloud, ETC) and keep their homebox deployment small.
What alternatives have you considered?
Right now I'm creating a custom field, calling it 'Receipt" or "Manual' and pasting in the paperless document share URL as the value. This works really well, but I do prefer how attachments display better then custom fields for on item\assets.
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[ ] If this feature is accepted, I would be willing to help implement and maintain this feature.
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What is the problem you are trying to solve with this feature?
I really like how attachments work in homebox, particularly how each attachment type is displayed on an item/asset. However I already am storing my receipts, warranties, and manuals in Paperless-NGX. Uploading a copy again into homebox now creates two locations for the documents which a inefficient use of storage, and two location I have to maintain, Honestly If i had to pick one of the two, Paperless-NGX with its OCR is the preferred location to store the docs.
What is the solution you are proposing?
If instead of uploading attachments into homebox, if we had the option to link to an outside URL, this would keep my homebox docker image smaller, and let me utilize my choice of document repository. Using paperless can create a document link, when I create an "Attachment" on a asset in homebox, I could just put that paperless shared doc URL as value for that attachment type.
This would be versatile because homebox users could then easily store these documents anywhere outside homebox, (google drive, Paperless-ngx, nextcloud, ETC) and keep their homebox deployment small.
What alternatives have you considered?
Right now I'm creating a custom field, calling it 'Receipt" or "Manual' and pasting in the paperless document share URL as the value. This works really well, but I do prefer how attachments display better then custom fields for on item\assets.
Additional context
No response
Contributions