Create Searchable Metadata in SharePoint
Students, faculty, and staff can create searchable tags at the SharePoint website. Doing so aids in searching for files at the website, s.uconn.edu/sharepoint.
Types of Tags
All these methods of tagging are searchable by the SharePoint website’s search bar at s.uconn.edu/sharepoint.
Image Tags
Unlike the implication of the name of this tag, Image Tags can be applied to any file in SharePoint.
Tags cannot be applied to Folders.
Tags are not visible to users except for the times of adding, editing, removing.
These tags are each typed in by the user at the time of tagging.
https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26785120263
Metadata Field
Users may add a new column to their view at the SharePoint website.
Tags can be applied to Folders.
Visible at all times on the website.
These tags are each typed in by the user at the time of tagging.
https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26785349644
Preset Tags
Owners of SharePoint sites can create a list of Tags that can be applied to files and folders.
Can be applied to Folders.
Visible at all times on the website.
These tags chosen from a list by the user at the time of tagging.
https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26773028894