The Data Management tool within the Admin Panel enables Administrators to create data policies to archive content based on video views, type, user, and date of upload.
Creating a New Data Policy within the Video Platform
The initial step involves creating a custom Data Policy using six possible policy templates from the Admin Panel.
- Log in as an Administrator.
- Go to the Admin Panel and select the Data Management menu.
- Once you have accessed the Data Management menu, select Create New Policy.
- Under Policy Name, add a nickname to the new policy.
- Under the Rule drop-down, select one of the six policy templates to create the new policy.
- Based on the template selected, you will be asked to include a custom value for the selected data. Below is a summary of options for customizing the policy rules.
- Added before _____ date: This rule will display a calendar to summarize all content added to the Video Platform prior to a certain date.
- Added before _____ days ago: This rule will ask for a value to summarize content added to the Video Platform prior to a specific amount of days.
- Added by users _____: This rule will ask for a selection of specific users from the zone Roster. The Data Policy will then provide results based on the selected users.
- Exclude users_____: This rule will also ask for a selection of specific users from the zone Roster. The Data Policy will provide results to not include these specified users.
- Content Type_____: This rule will ask the Administrator to specify between Audio/Video Files or Documents.
- Audio/Video not viewed for ______days: This rule will ask for a value to summarize content that is not viewed within the Video Platform within a specified amount of days.
Running a Data Policy within the Video Platform
Once a new Data Policy is created, the Administrator can run the policy to generate the data results.
- Within the Data Management section, find the created policy from the Selected Policy drop-down.
- Click on Run Policy.
- This will generate content results under the Matching Data section.
- Select Download Table to export the results of the policy as a .csv file. The downloadable link to the .csv file will be emailed to the Admin and will expire after 24 hours.
Bulk Archiving Data
Once the data is generated, Administrators can archive individual items under the Matching Data section, or choose to Bulk Archive from the list of results.
- Within the Matching Data section, either multi-select the boxes to the left of each result or click on the button labeled Select All That Match Policy which will pre-select all the results.
- Once the results are selected, click on Bulk Archive at the top right of the Matching Data section.
- Once the Bulk Archive button is selected, the Video Platform will ask the Administrator to provide a folder name and location for the archived content.
Under the drop-down for the "Select the user..." section that the archived folder will be created in, it is recommended that an Administrator is chosen. This will allocate the archived content into the Administrator's My Media.
Once the archived content is allocated to the Administrator's My Media, the Administrator has a number of options to manage the content. This includes deleting the folder to reduce storage or downloading the content outside of the Video Platform. For more information on Bulk Media Management options, please see our related article here.