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Past/Completed Tasks and Comments Deletion
Completed tasks stay in the activity chain on any given file. This along with a long list of comments stalls the activity window while it tries to cache all of the past and current comments and tasks. Currently we have our users deleting old comments but we can't delete completed tasks. We need a way to delete old history in the activity window for any given file or your system needs to cache the activity so it appears instantly, sometimes it takes more than five minutes to be able to make new comments/tasks around a file.
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Dependent metadata fields
Allow for dependent metadata within a taxonomy so that selection of a value on one field can drive different options on the others e.g. set value, show/hide
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Ability to attach a metadata template to a note template
We would like a way of creating a note template bound to a metadata template. I’ve followed the instructions to create the template and to attach metadata. However, when creating a note using that custom template, there are no metadata attached by default. I want to avoid having to add the metadata template each time after creating a note.
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symlink support
Would be most excellent to add support for symbolic links in uploads 🙏
Motivation
We archive and share private pre-releases of iOS frameworks on Box. These frameworks inherently contain symbolic links. So when they're downloaded, the symbolic link pointing to the true header directory is borked and Xcode is unable to compile the given framework.On the plus side, lack of this support is good incentive for us to move to a better distribution system for these frameworks.
See details on community ticket for current Box symlink behavior details:
https://community.box.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/BoxViewTicketDetail?ticket_id=19617279 votes -
Choose location for files marked for offline
Similar to Box Sync, would love to be able to choose a specific location for files marked for offline use in Box Drive. At least we could see the thumbnail previews.
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Increase the start-up speed of Box Drive. It is SOOO slow to start!
Every time I have to restart my computer it takes Box Drive a good 5-10 minutes to start. This is unacceptable for such a large enterprise like this. Even accessing my offline files cannot be done until Box Drive completely starts.
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not being able to navigate easily to upper folder is a pain
if i enter a folder i can only go back using arrows from browser and not click on a navigation path like anywhere elsewhere. i's really boring and painful
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preview .txt file
We can preview files such as dwg or other heaving file but can't have a simple txt file preview ?!
Please allow this kind of file.3 votes -
support the preview of other types of compressed files such as .7z, .TAR, and .XIP
It's very helpful that Box now supports previewing Zip Files as noted at https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044196713-Previewing-Zip-Files, and we would like to know if there are plans to support the preview of other types of compressed files such as .7z, .TAR, and .XIP?
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scan .bak files
For heaven's sake allow box to scan .bak files - it's practically the only reason I'm using box! What's the point of a cloud back up system that won't back up backup files!!
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Extend auto collaboration per folders only
Hi team,
Submitting this feature request in behalf of user, requesting to add their visibility to extend auto collaboration per specific folders only.
There's a similar post on this subject, but not exactly the same. We can set an expiration date for external collaborators at the enterprise level, which is essential to security, and should be set as the "default" setting at the enterprise level. However, there are certain circumstances where a folder would need to be shared long term with many people, and the Box owner account should have the ability to do one of two things, or both:
We know that each collaborator's time can be extended; manually, and individually. In our case, we have 130 external collaborators on one folder, and because they are our customer, we cannot disrupt the workflow, inconvenience them, and let their access expire. The folder owner will need to manually edit access 130 times, on 130 different collaborators, every 60 days to extend their access. That is an unnecessary amount of work, and we cannot compromise our security standards to never let access expire over the entire organization just to accommodate this one folder.
1.) The Box Owner account, and only the Box owner account, should be able to bypass the Enterprise level setting to customize specific folders. I see the answer on another post is that this need is rare, and adds unwarranted complexity to the system. But, this is not rare; it's a document sharing system, and that's its sole purpose. Even if this functionality were only able to be implemented at the root folder level, that would at least provide a workaround for these instances.
2.) If the expiration date can't be managed at the folder level, then we should be able to bulk-manage external collaborators on the folder level. I should be able to select all external collaborators on a folder, and extend their access in one action, instead of 130 individual actions. It's difficult enough to need to do this every 60 days, but also having to repeat this 130 times warrants moving to another system to accommodate our needs.”
Hi team,
Submitting this feature request in behalf of user, requesting to add their visibility to extend auto collaboration per specific folders only.
There's a similar post on this subject, but not exactly the same. We can set an expiration date for external collaborators at the enterprise level, which is essential to security, and should be set as the "default" setting at the enterprise level. However, there are certain circumstances where a folder would need to be shared long term with many people, and the Box owner account should have the ability to do one of two things, or both:
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Add granularity to shared link controls
Based on organizational requirements and the variance, there should be additional controls such as limiting the capability to create shared links (open Links) to Admins or designated personnel as an option. This would allow for greater granularity as some divisions within an organization may have a need to share publicly, while also securing sensitive information
23 votesFor now, we are focussed on solving bulk management issues with Shared Links.
Box Shield is an additional option for enforcing granular controls on content.
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Support Macro creation in Google Sheets
Google Sheets outside of Box recently brought in the ability to create macros, would love to see this feature added to the version of Sheets in Box.
6 votes -
Archive folders
Ability to manually or automatically archive folders that have not been modified for a while. The Archived files are searchable, but don't appear in normal file system (similar to how Gmail's archived emails don't show up in Inbox, but can be searched)
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Ability in Box Drive to have documents physically stored on PC or external driver
In Box Drive it would be good that the documents are physically on our PC in offline mode, not just a memory copy (metadata).
32 votesThis capability remains in extended private beta. Please follow the news for the GA announcement.
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Allow to freeze file and folders
Allow to freeze file and folders, which will not allow any collaborators including the owner to perform any changes to files and folders. Example: prevent creating new versions of the files, prevent moving content to trash, prevent change of metadata etc. Basically complete lock, which can only be unlocked at the end of a retention period. The purpose is to manage enterprise records. May be some sort of retention policy that lets us do the above. The current lock feature does not provide the level of freeze we are looking for.
4 votes -
Allow export of full search result list (title, file path, etc) to CSV
Currently just displays search results on screen, paginated to 20 results
4 votes -
install selective sync on mobile app
In the mobile app. for Box Sync, only sync the files I have marked to sync in Box.com. I have NO need to see all files in our entire organization and it is a waste of space on my phone,
the request is to have selective syncing like on a laptop.1 vote -
Allow http://127.0.0.1 as redirect_url in published box apps
It is currently disallowed to use redirect_urls of the form http://127.0.0.1 in published apps.
These give the error "insecureredirecturi".
These are allowed in unpublished apps.
Having a redirect to 127.0.0.1 is very useful for native apps which run on the users computer (eg rclone https://rclone.org ).
It is pretty much impossible to do https to 127.0.0.1 - you can't get a valid certificate for it. See this link for details: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificates-for-localhost/ - and also for reasons why using http://127.0.0.1 is treated as secure by browsers.
I'll describe how rclone, a native CLI app works. Rclone runs on the users computer - it runs a local webserver to get the auth details so the communications done over http are from the users browser to the users computer and never reach the LAN or Internet. Modern browsers treat http://127.0.0.1 as secure as the traffic never runs over the Internet or even the local network.
This is more secure than having to use an external https server which then redirects to http://127.0.0.1 as the credentials go straight to the CLI application and don't have to go over the Internet at all or travel through another server.
Note that almost all the other oauth providers that rclone supports allow http://127.0.0.1 redirect_urls, this includes Google Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Photos, Hubic, MailRu, pcloud, sharefile, Yandex (and more!)
So box is looking like the odd one out here!
Please implement this feature - thank you :-)
It is currently disallowed to use redirect_urls of the form http://127.0.0.1 in published apps.
These give the error "insecureredirecturi".
These are allowed in unpublished apps.
Having a redirect to 127.0.0.1 is very useful for native apps which run on the users computer (eg rclone https://rclone.org ).
It is pretty much impossible to do https to 127.0.0.1 - you can't get a valid certificate for it. See this link for details: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificates-for-localhost/ - and also for reasons why using http://127.0.0.1 is treated as secure by browsers.
I'll describe how rclone, a native CLI app works. Rclone runs on the…
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box drive metadata
With some of the new updates coming to Metadata, I'd like to request that Box Drive be able to support updates to Metadata on a folder/file.
As a start, a context menu option that would take a user directly to the metadata page.13 votesThanks for the feedback! This isn’t currently planned, but please keep the use cases coming to help us prioritize it.
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