Rules to Allow/Deny File Names

[Pate.MacKenna]

I want to be able to restrict file names from Vault based on the absence or presence of certain strings.

We have a multiple-Vault setup and the ability to configure a denylist in File Options would provide SOME immediate benefit -- preventing data from one Vault from being checked in to another.  However, what we really need are Folder rules to allow/deny files by name.  This would support a policy to block problematic data Vault-wide, as well as to enforce file naming standards by individual projects/folders.

Conformity to our file naming standards is a huge part of the logic behind our automation.  I'd rather not have to rely on a 3rd party add-in to quarantine data.  Let's just stop it at the door!

It sounds reasonable that such a feature could be woven in with the existing Behaviors workspace in Vault -- but I'm having a hard time seeing exactly how this would work...

Could it be added to the Folder Details dialog?

[ihayesjr]

@Pate.MacKenna 

Thank you for posting the idea. Have you tried using Vault Data Standards, where you can customize and enforce file names based on folder location?

[Pate.MacKenna]

@ihayesjr

It's been on the list but I have not been able to try it yet.  I wasn't aware it had file name controls like this.

[RajSchmidt]

@Pate.MacKenna: That is one of the reasons why I am such a big friend of simple running numbers as file names. There are so many other properties which I can use to find document. But I know that this is a very controversial topic....