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👥 Roles and permissions
The following roles can link an attachment to a request:
Administrators
Compliance managers who are managers on the request
Users who are managers on the request
External auditors who have access to the request
Contributors and limited access users can view attachments, but cannot link or edit attachments
In Hyperproof, attachments provide a way to store and manage important compliance documents that are not classified as "proof". Attachments help differentiate between evidence (proof) and supporting files while allowing for more granular control and permissions. Attachments are especially useful in scenarios like audit sampling, where documents such as sample populations or follow-up requests (e.g. spreadsheets with selected records) are not considered formal proof but are essential for the audit process.
There are no versioning or LiveSync capabilities on attachments—attachments with the same name replace the originals, even if they stem from existing proof. All attachments that stem from existing proof have a link to the original proof, where the latest version can be found.
💡 Tip
While in the Activity Feed, if a user clicks a link for a file that has since been duplicated, the user is alerted with the link for the new file.
To link an attachment to a request
Requests can be linked to audits or assessments. Note that a user does not need to be added to an audit or an assessment to be added to a request.
From the left menu, select Audits or Assessments.
Select your audit or assessment.
Select the Requests tab.
Requests tab in an audit.
Requests tab in an assessment.
Select the request you want to link the attachment to.
In the right pane, click Attachment.
The Add attachment window opens.
Drag and drop the file into the Upload field, or click Choose files to upload it manually. Note that the file must be less than 1024MB. Hyperproof supports the following file types:
Comma Separated Values - .csv
Excel - .xls, .xlsx
Image - .jpg, .jpeg, .png. .webp
MP4 - .mp4 (supports audio and video mp4 files)
OpenOffice Calc - .ods
OpenOffice Impress - .odp
OpenOffice Writer - .odt
PDF - .pdf
PowerPoint - .ppt, .pptx
Rich Text - .rtf
Text - .txt, .log, .yaml
Word - .doc, docx
Click Attach.
The file is attached to the request. Click the link to view the file.
