{"id":10784,"date":"2024-01-11T11:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/?page_id=10784"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:25:00","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/orbit\/user-manual\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of MetaShare Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MetaShare Orbit consists of these pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MetaShare Orbit\u2019s start-page<\/a>, with some high-level instructions:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"790\" class=\"wp-image-10795\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-start-page-with-some-high-level-instructions.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-start-page-with-some-high-level-instructions.png 2500w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-start-page-with-some-high-level-instructions-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-start-page-with-some-high-level-instructions-1024x324.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-start-page-with-some-high-level-instructions-768x243.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-start-page-with-some-high-level-instructions-1536x485.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-start-page-with-some-high-level-instructions-2048x647.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/archive-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Rules&#8221; page<\/a> where you define and see your document lifecycle rules. By default the page will only show Published rules but by using the filter buttons on the top of the list, you can choose to show all rules, to only show <span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">Draft or Inactive rules <\/span>or to only show deletion or archival rules:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2785\" height=\"780\" class=\"wp-image-11817\" style=\"width: 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Published-rules.png\" alt=\"Published rules\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Published-rules.png 2785w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Published-rules-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Published-rules-1024x287.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Published-rules-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Published-rules-1536x430.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Published-rules-2048x574.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2785px) 100vw, 2785px\" \/><br>See <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/orbit\/user-manual\/manage-document-lifecycle-rules\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10774\">this page<\/a> for instructions on how to create and manage rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three log pages with information about the tasks:\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/runs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cRuns\u201d page<\/a> you see a list of the app\u2019s daily runs and for each run you see how many documents were managed during the run:<\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2188\" height=\"589\" class=\"wp-image-10971\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Runs-page-1.png\" alt=\"The Runs page\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Runs-page-1.png 2188w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Runs-page-1-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Runs-page-1-1024x276.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Runs-page-1-768x207.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Runs-page-1-1536x413.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Runs-page-1-2048x551.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2188px) 100vw, 2188px\" \/><br><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">You can click on any of the links (blue text) to see the documents that were managed in the run (the run-number as well as any of the counters: Moved, Deleted, Failed &amp; Warnings). After clicking on them you will be directed to the \u201cDocument log\u201d page, with the applied filter):<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/archive-logs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cDocument log\u201d page<\/a> you see a list of all the documents that have been managed by any of the published rules. On the top of the page, you find a search box where you can search for a specific document or search for documents that were managed during a specific run by searching on the run number. You can also filter the list to only see documents that have been deleted or moved and where the operations were successful, failed or if any warnings were detected. You can combine a search with filters:<\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2496\" height=\"829\" class=\"wp-image-10817\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Document-log-page.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Document-log-page.png 2496w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Document-log-page-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Document-log-page-1024x340.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Document-log-page-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Document-log-page-1536x510.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Document-log-page-2048x680.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2496px) 100vw, 2496px\" \/><br><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">To see which rule triggered a specific document to be managed by MetaShare Orbit, you can click on the triggered rule and the rule\u2019s details will be shown in the right pane:<\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2496\" height=\"632\" class=\"wp-image-10820\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-triggered-rule.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-triggered-rule.png 2496w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-triggered-rule-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-triggered-rule-1024x259.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-triggered-rule-768x194.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-triggered-rule-1536x389.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-triggered-rule-2048x519.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2496px) 100vw, 2496px\" \/><br><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">If you want to see more detailed information about a specific document, you can click on the plus-sign in the beginning of each item in the list. For a successful operation it might look like this:<\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2493\" height=\"249\" class=\"wp-image-10822\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-successful-operation.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-successful-operation.png 2493w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-successful-operation-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-successful-operation-1024x102.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-successful-operation-768x77.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-successful-operation-1536x153.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-successful-operation-2048x205.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2493px) 100vw, 2493px\" \/><br><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">For a failed operation it might look like this:<\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2496\" height=\"234\" class=\"wp-image-10824\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation.png 2496w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-300x28.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-1024x96.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-768x72.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-1536x144.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-2048x192.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2496px) 100vw, 2496px\" \/><br><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">And for specific errors, the error details are also shown:<\/span><\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2506\" height=\"402\" class=\"wp-image-10826\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-with-error-details.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-with-error-details.png 2506w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-with-error-details-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-with-error-details-1024x164.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-with-error-details-768x123.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-with-error-details-1536x246.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-failed-operation-with-error-details-2048x329.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2506px) 100vw, 2506px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/audit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cSystem log\u201d page<\/a> you see a list of messages related to the app, for example when the app was activated\/inactivate, if there are warnings related to any of the published rules and if there are any SharePoint related problems that affect the runs:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2503\" height=\"340\" class=\"wp-image-10828\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-System-log-page.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-System-log-page.png 2503w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-System-log-page-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-System-log-page-1024x139.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-System-log-page-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-System-log-page-1536x209.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-System-log-page-2048x278.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2503px) 100vw, 2503px\" \/><span style=\"background-color: var(--text-bright);color: var(--contrast)\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/runs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cRuns\u201d page<\/a> <\/span>we also show a warning if there is a system error that affected the run:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2310\" height=\"470\" class=\"wp-image-12361\" style=\"width: 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Error_run_page.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Error_run_page.png 2310w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Error_run_page-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Error_run_page-1024x208.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Error_run_page-768x156.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Error_run_page-1536x313.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Error_run_page-2048x417.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2310px) 100vw, 2310px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/settings\/tenant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MetaShare Orbit\u2019s settings page<\/a>, where you can activate or inactivate the app, define one or several <a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/settings\/destinationurl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">destination libraries<\/a> (where documents should be moved to) and define if any <a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.metashare.com\/settings\/excludeurl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sites should be excluded<\/a> from having their documents managed by published rules:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"448\" class=\"wp-image-10830\" src=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-settings-page.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-settings-page.png 2500w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-settings-page-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-settings-page-1024x184.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-settings-page-768x138.png 768w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-settings-page-1536x275.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MetaShare-Orbits-settings-page-2048x367.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MetaShare user manual: Overview. 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