File activity feed for smartly grouping activities into distinct modules

A computer-implemented method for creating a file activity feed associated with a file that is configured for display in a user interface to the file on a client computing device, the method comprising:

• obtaining, via a grouping component, data comprising a plurality of activities associated with a file from a storage service that stores one or more files and the plurality of activities associated with the file in a data store;
• determining, via the grouping component, whether to aggregate two or more activities of the plurality of activities into a single module of work based on whether at least one similarity between the two or more activities from the plurality of activities is identified;
• when at least one similarity between the two or more activities is identified, aggregating, via the grouping component, the two or more activities having the at least one similarity into the single module of work, wherein the single module of work is a single file activity element within the file activity feed that includes the two or more aggregated activities;
• when at least one similarity between the two or more activities is not identified, creating a single file activity element for each activity of the plurality of activities not aggregated into the single module of work;
• and
• generating the file activity feed configured for display in the user interface to the file on the client computing device, the file activity feed including one or more file activity elements,
• wherein the one or more file activity elements include at least the single module of work, each activity of the plurality of activities not aggregated into the single module of work, and at least one of the one or more file activity elements is actionable,
• wherein an actionable file activity element identifies an action that is automatically performed responsive to user selection or interaction with the actionable file activity element.

A system comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to at least:
• display a file activity feed associated with a file in a user interface to the file of a client computing device, wherein the file activity feed includes at least one or more file activity elements and a filter icon, wherein at least one of the one or more file activity elements includes a single module of work having two or more aggregated activities with at least one similarity between two or more activities is identified, wherein at least one of the one or more file activity elements are actionable, and wherein an actionable file activity element identifies an action that is automatically performed responsive to user selection or interaction with the actionable file activity element;
• in response to receiving a selection of the filter icon, render, in the user interface to the file, a filter preference pane including one or more filter preferences for filtering the file activity feed;
• in response to receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more filter preferences, filter the file activity feed based on the selection of the at least one of the one or more filter preferences;
• and
• display the filtered file activity feed in the user interface to the file of the client computing device.