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  1. Prioritize specific files for upload

    Hi, as someone who has to uploads and shares a lot of large image files through box, each over 1gb, it would be nice to have a way to prioritize which files get uploaded first.

    5 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Box Drive  ·  Admin →
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  2. Direct Links for files on Box Drive

    We have Excel files that reference each other that we moved from local drives to Box Drive. The links change to whatever box folder we move them to, but the path is listed as "C:\users\username\filename"... etc. We need these links to reference the actual Box URL so that other people who have access to the file can still get the updated reference.

    46 votes

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  3. Ability to sync individual files,

    The ability to sync an individual file would be very useful. I often just need a few files if i'm on a flight for example and don't need the whole folder. Copying into a new folder just to sync an individual file is not a great solution.

    9 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Box Drive  ·  Admin →
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  4. Renaming bulk files similar

    I want the option to rename bulk files similar to the option available in file explorer in windows. For example renaming related photos under a common name to help with easier identification

    6 votes

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  5. Co-Owner/Owner ability to restore files

    Allow Co-owners/Owners of a folder have the ability to see who deleted an item and have the ability to restore the files.

    14 votes

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  6. Ability to lock down folders to prevent accidental moving of files or deletion

    Ability to lock down folders to prevent accidental moving of files or deletion

    49 votes

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    13 comments  ·  Box Tools  ·  Admin →
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    Because of the downstream impacts, we will not be solving this problem as requested. We will be looking at a more holistic approach to prevent unintended consequences of file operations.

  7. Commenting on files

    It would be GREAT to be able to be able to REPLY to comments that are made on files!

    4 votes

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  8. Metadata table(row: files, column: metadata keys)

    We are looking for a table type of view of files(row) and metadata keys(column), that allows us to be able to configure their own views of data in Box.

    It allows us to...
    - configure the view with applying metadata templates(can select the keys to show)
    - filter and sort the view
    - update metadata directly from this view
    - export the view of data to a csv file

    This sort of solution helps users to reduce the time spent for searching the content and updating the metadata values(and it would be competitive with SharePoint library view).

    90 votes

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    5 comments  ·  Metadata  ·  Admin →
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    A box-native metadata table is not currently on the roadmap, but we have launched our metadata query toolkit alongside a content-explorer element that can emulate the same experience.

  9. Allow users to limit simultaneous uploads

    We would like to control the number of uploads that upload simultaneously (ie ability to limit to 1). The belief is that, if files are uploading 5 at a time, and they fail 80% of the way through upload, you have to start again, whereas if it was uploading 1 at a time, and worked its way through 80 percent of the queue, less files would need to be retried

    4 votes

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  10. Re-add 'Print' option to Shared File / Folder pages

    The legacy Shared File/Folder page had a native 'print' button on it. However, this Print option was removed on the new version of those pages.

    1 vote

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  11. Slack: Show Preview of Box Files within Slack

    Currently, the Box + Slack integration auto-unfurls Box shared links that are posted into a DM/Channel in slack.

    The only Box file type that unfurls to a native (in-line) preview are image files (jpg, png, etc.).

    Slack has a native preview for a video file uploaded directly in Slack, but no preview for the same file when shared via Box.

    REQUEST: Add in the native (in-line) preview (that already exists for image files shared from Box) for many more common file types (Office files, PDFs, mp4s, etc.) -- possibly by leveraging the Box Preview API.

    11 votes

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  12. Support for Macro-enabled Files

    Macro-enabled Excel files (xlsm) can be previewed in Box (albeit a little slow to generate preview), but macro-enabled Word files (docm) cannot be previewed.

    Neither document type is officially listed as a supported file type (https://community.box.com/t5/Managing-Your-Content/What-file-types-are-supported-by-Box-s-Content-Preview/ta-p/327), so it would be expected that both work the same way (either be previewable or not).

    6 votes

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    not planned  ·  1 comment  ·  Web App  ·  Admin →
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  13. offline files and selective sync

    I would like to see the ability to mark files and folders for local or offline storage. Currently box drive allows for only the folder to be marked offline or downloaded locally. When I don't need to have a file downloaded anymore there is not a way for me to mark them offline. I have tried marking the folder offline but that doesn't work to make the files I want offline. Additionally, this would cause all files that I do want locally to become offline. Dropbox currently has the ability to selectively sync the files and or folders that I…

    5 votes

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  14. Ability to grant Metadata When Uploading Multiple Files in a File Request

    Under the current Box specification (December 10, 2021), when uploading multiple files at the same time using a file request, all files are given the same metadata. To comply with the Electric Book Storage Act, I believe that when users upload multiple files using file requests in Box, metadata must be attached to each file. We strongly hope to add the ability to grant metadata to individual files to file requests.

    7 votes

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  15. Zip Files File Viewer

    Request: Viewer to just show the files that are part of the zip.

    Hope that makes sense.

    3 votes

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  16. enabling DWG files preview

    I request to study enabling "DWG" files for preview in your system as it will be useful to let huge numbers of engineers to join yours system

    that files opened by AutoCad Program in PC windows but we faced difficult to preview in web box system without download , and also will be faster via Phones

    4 votes

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  17. Show uploaded files in the recent page.

    Show uploaded files in the recent page.

    I do have cases that I want to view the files I uploaded recently. However, if I uploaded a file without previewing, it doesn't come up the list.

    6 votes

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  18. Watermarking files from Box Drive

    Currently, marking a file to be watermarked is only supported on the Box webapp. This is a request to be able to watermark files from Box Drive.

    9 votes

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  19. Add Live Presentation feature for powerpoint files saved on Box

    Microsoft has released Live presentation features for powerpoint files. This is available for powerpoint files saved on Onedrive or sharepoint but not available .pptx files saved on Box

    7 votes

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  20. Add .dwl files to ignored file type list

    Would really appreciate .dwl files (temporary files created by Autodesk apps) being added to the Ignored file type for syncing in Box Drive. Currently .bak files are there which within Autodesk apps we have the ability to repath anyways. With .dwl files, we have no control... they go in the same folder as the file. They are not always deleted as they should be due to Program crashes and end up cluttering the folders needlessly.

    4 votes

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