Add ability to add metadata tags to files
Adds the ability to tag documents with metadata tags and to add another function to search in these metadata tags.
For users it will brings new opportunities how to organize their data. It's a different approach compared to storing files only in a directory structure.
Martin Majoroš
shared this idea
We are thinking about how to add support for metadata views and editing in OneDrive experiences. Please share your thoughts in the comments section.
70 comments
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Caleb
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This would allow us to use sharepoint over competing solutions.
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Itpro44
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We have a number of sharepoint document libraries that people want to interact with via ODFB, the only limiting factor is that they can’t add metadata or sort by meta data. Bringing this functionally to ODFB would make it much more useful and allow people to interact with this data via ODFB instead of the web view of the library.
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Michael Weber
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for photos we should be able to edit the EXIF information.
example: if you save photos from several family members in the same onedrive folder (by using a flow) it would be helpful to automatically add the name of the person who took the photo in the EXIF
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Benjamin
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Tagging should stay with a file - i.e. be synchronized as a file property when the file is synchronized or downloaded
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Benjamin
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Tagging should be a unified experience. Document properties for Word and Excel documents should be included as tags along with photo and music file tags.
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Anonymous
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I have 30 years of home movies uploaded to OneDrive. Please include a searchable tag option! If you don't, I'll consider moving to a cloud service that does!
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Steve Collins
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Without the ability to add any kind of metadata, we are forcing users to resort to file names and folders to organise their content. This is inconsistent with the SharePoint experience.
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Pavel Šimsa commented
bcz then if you assign the same categories to your outlook.com threads you can find all files and emails related to a specific topic - i.e. if you're selling a car or renovating a house, you get to see all related stuff together. like scanned invoices, blueprints and emails with contractors. stuff like that. would be awfully cool!
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Rodrigo
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Music Metadata is a must, as you can play music from Groove but can't edit those tags :(
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Anonymous
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Eager to set up a view and add keywords in OneDrive. Please...
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Diego Fornazier Gozer commented
Just roll out what you have on the SharePoint.
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Chris
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It would be very helpful if files had an editable "Description" field in the file's metadata (just like within Windows Explorer) that could be used to store notes about the file. For example, I save pictures of my shopping receipts to OneDrive and I'd love the ability to add a description with notes about the receipt to remind me about a purchase when I'm reviewing my bank statements later.
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Anonymous
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Just do it! We're trying to get past the folder paradigm and need the ability o tag, just as in SharePoint
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Brendan Murphy
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Anyone else noticed the standard Microsoft metadata don't sync up? For example, I added information in the comments field on a file, and I can view it in my file explorer. But even if I display that field in the classic view, it's blank. I tried a couple other fields and it was the same.
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andy
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Definitely needed. I'm constantly presented with folder structures that are 9 or 10 layers deep, trying to find anything takes almost as long as the work itself.
Let's get rid of folders for documents and just have views based on tags. Sharepoint is fine but sometimes a simple file drop area is what's needed.
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Rob
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Just mimic what users can do in SharePoint.
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K Morris
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The main reason I don't use OneDrive as my main file organizing tool or as a collaboration tool is because it does not have to ability to provide tags at the file level. Please provide this capability. It would make it so much more powerful.
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Bobby
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This really needs to be done! I would find it extremely useful!!
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Anonymous
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we need tagging back
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T Peters
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Is it possible to upload photos but only when tagged, so with uploads you will get a notification (photo is not tagged, please tag first) offcourse this should be an option...
I see it as a garantueed album builder...
Also please at folder structure per month ;...