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DataIQ has a concept called “tagging”. Tags in DataIQ apply to directories and provide a mechanism for reporting on set of related data. A tag in DataIQ is an arbitrary <key>/<value> pair. Directories can be tagged in DataIQ in three different ways:
Tags can be placed throughout a file system and then reported on as a group. For instance, temporary render directories could contain a render.temp.cntag file. Similarly, an external tool could access the DataIQ API and place a Project.Name tag on the top-level directory of each project. DataIQ can generate reports on the storage capacity those tags are consuming.
The following figure shows a directory with three tags on it, as seen from the DataIQ web interface. This example is from a simulated media company. One of the tags, “shotgun_status”, refers to the popular Autodesk tool for visual effect management, which was recently renamed ShotGrid (formerly Shotgun).
The directory has been tagged with:
DataIQ has various integrated reporting tools for showing storage capacity based on tag. Those reports include which files are associated with particular tags. This information is also available from the DataIQ Python API which will come in handy later.
The following figure shows one of these reports from the DataIQ web interface. In this example, the tag category is “shotgun_status” and the list of tags are abbreviations for various stages a “shot” might go through on its way to completion.