Insert cloud location for all documents automatically

hi @lenainjaune

Short answer first

No, it is not easily possible today to automatically insert the logical Nextcloud folder path (for example
ODJ & CR / COORDO / CR / 260114.odt) into documents via headers, footers, fields, templates, or macros in Collabora Online.

Why the built-in “File path” field does not work

You already found the right feature in LibreOffice / Collabora:

Document → Field → File name → Path/File name

This field shows the local filesystem path on the Collabora server, not the cloud path.

This happens because:

  • Collabora Online edits a temporary local copy of the file
  • That copy lives in /tmp/... on the Collabora server
  • The real Nextcloud path is not known to LibreOffice core
  • WOPI (the protocol between Nextcloud and Collabora) does not expose the logical folder tree as a document property

So the behaviour you observed is correct and unavoidable at the moment.

What you are seeing (/tmp/user/docs/<random>/260114.odt) is expected behaviour and not configurable from the document side.

Should you contact Framasoft?

You can, but mainly to confirm the limitation,