About adding tags to files, folders, and shares

Data Insight lets you add text-based properties (key, value pair) to file system objects such as files, folders, and shares on the file systems that it monitors. Tagging files, folders, and shares with attributes provides additional classification information that you can use for reporting and remediation.

For example, you may want to tag folders with the business name, or assign descriptors to folders that have special permission. Or, for instance, you can tag shares with department names for the purpose of chargeback.

Data Insight supports the metadata framework on CIFS, NFS, and DFS paths, and on files and folders on SharePoint servers and Enterprise Box accounts.

Use a CSV file to add metadata tags to files, folders, and shares. Data Insight parses the CSV and imports these tags into Data Insight. You may either create the CSV file manually or use a third-party tool or script to generate the CSV with tagging information for paths.

You can generate a Data Insight Query Language (DQL) report to get the information about the tags attached to file system objects, such as, share names and paths. For example of DQL queries, see the Veritas Data Insight Programmer's Reference Guide.