Adding File Attribute Lists Parent topic

  1. Navigate to Data Protection → Data Identifiers → File Attributes.
    The File Attributes screen appears.
  2. Click Add.
    A new screen appears.
  3. Type a name for the file attribute list. The name must not exceed 100 bytes in length and cannot contain the following characters:
    > < * ^ | & ? \ /
  4. Type a description that does not exceed 256 bytes in length.
  5. Select the file attributes that you want to include.
  6. If you selected File type, click Edit.
    A new screen appears.
  7. Select the file types that you want to include. Click the file type to see the supported file extensions.
  8. If a file type you want to include is not listed, select Others and then type the file type’s extension. DLP checks files with the specified extension but does not check their true file types.
    Guidelines when specifying file extensions:
    • Each extension must start with an asterisk (*), followed by a period (.), and then the extension. The asterisk is a wildcard, which represents a file’s actual name. For example, *.pol matches 12345.pol and test.pol.
    • You can include wildcards in extensions. Use a question mark (?) to represent a single character and an asterisk (*) to represent two or more characters. See the following examples:
      *.*m matches the following files: ABC.dem, ABC.prm, ABC.sdcm
      *.m*r matches the following files: ABC.mgdr, ABC.mtp2r, ABC.mdmr
      *.fm? matches the following files: ABC.fme, ABC.fml, ABC.fmp
    • Be careful when adding an asterisk at the end of an extension as this might match parts of a file name and an unrelated extension. For example: *.do* matches abc.doctor_john.jpg and abc.donor12.pdf.
    • Use semicolons (;) to separate file extensions. There is no need to add a space after a semicolon.
  9. Type the minimum and maximum file sizes in bytes. Both file sizes must be whole numbers larger than zero.
  10. Click Save.