Differences between notes and documents

Notes and documents have distinct functions in PolicyCenter, and the application handles them differently. The following table highlights the main differences.

Characteristics of Notes

Characteristics of Documents

Written in plain text.

Can have many different MIME types, such as PDF, Word, or Excel.

Created by a user or through Gosu.

Created by a user, or through Gosu, or in an external document management system.

Stored only in the PolicyCenter database.

Stored either in the PolicyCenter database or in a document management system.

See also