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  1. 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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  2. Ability to see (and if permitted, restore) deleted files

    Box currently does not have the ability to show deleted files in a particular folder. Only the owner and the user who deleted files will see them in Trash but not by folder. With large numbers of files in multiple folders, this becomes quite unmanageable quickly and relying on the folder owner to restore files is unnecessarily restrictive.

    Folders should have an option to see deleted files and if permitted (editor or higher, or a separate permission) allow users other than the owner and the user who deleted files to restore them.

    6 votes

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  3. *.jar files should not be opened like *.zip files

    I sometimes share software patches with customers via Box. The files are often .jar... This is the file extension for Java Archives, which are a type of .zip format. However, unlike .zip, they are not intended to be opened by users. The Box interface (desktop at least) previews the files/folders inside a selected .jar file. It is confusing to the user. Instead, these files should be handled as downloads only.

    2 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Desktop  ·  Admin →
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  4. 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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    0 comments  ·  Box Drive  ·  Admin →
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  5. 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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    0 comments  ·  Metadata  ·  Admin →
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  6. 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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  7. Allow for exceptions on the Download and Print Restriction security control.

    Allow for exceptions on the Download and Print Restriction security control.

    We want to restrict users from downloading files that have been identified as having PII. However, we would like a mechanism to allow users that have a business reason to download files. Either through a 'User Justification' similar to the 'External Collaborators Restriction' security policy or an approval workflow.

    2 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Shield  ·  Admin →
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  8. Copilot support in Office Online/Office desktop applications for files on Box

    Currently, Copilot (Copilot in Word/Excel/PowerPoint) is not supported for Office files in Box.

    The following must be supported for files in Box

    (1) Copilot in Office Online

    (2) Copilot in Office desktop applications (with or without co-authoring)

    Appendix.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/i-am-getting-license-validation-errors-with-copilot-375cf342-8559-48c3-8436-7564d5de3fc6#:~:text=Check%20that%20your%20file%20is%20in%20the%20right%20location%C2%A0

    38 votes

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  9. 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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    0 comments  ·  Box Drive  ·  Admin →
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  10. Add a report that lists metadata set for folders and files.

    There are many metadata templates, and each users can set them.
    In this situation, being able to see in lists what metadatas are actually applied to which files/folders and what values ​​are set can be very helpful in managing contents and metadata.

    102 votes

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    8 comments  ·  Metadata  ·  Admin →
  11. Ability to rearrange the image files displayed on Box Drive and Box Web

    For image files (photos), such as jpg and png files, there is a Date taken item in the "Properties".
    On Box Drive and Box Web, We wants to organize the photos by descending or ascending order based on the Date taken.
    However, since [Box Drive] and [Box Web] do not have the Date taken attribute, files cannot be organized by the date and time they were taken.
    Thus, we would like you to add the Date taken attribute.

    23 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Web App  ·  Admin →
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  12. Ability to sync dot-files

    I'm a developer and my projects are synced to box, and I need, when I access my projects on another computer, to retrieve all my files, including my "dot" files (such as .env, .gitignore, .editorconfig, etc.). Only, now "dot" files are not synced, as explained on this page:
    https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044195433. This is a problem, so it would be nice to be able to manually force certain files to sync or to have them automatically sync.

    3 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Box Sync  ·  Admin →
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  13. Automate quarantining of infected files

    While speaking with Box Premiere Support Team, it was stated that there is no current option/means to automatically place an infected file into quarantine. The file stays available and is up to the Content Owner/Site Admin to manually address the issue.

    It would be nice to have a feature that automatically placed suspicious/infected files in a designated quarantine folder while it is being reviewed. This will eliminate the potential for someone to accidentally download the file and cause potential harm.

    12 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Security  ·  Admin →
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  14. workflows that move files based on file contents or filename

    The ability to have workflows that move files based on file contents or filename

    8 votes

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    not planned  ·  1 comment  ·  Workflow  ·  Admin →
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  15. Shuttle - Allow 'overwrite newer files' on destination

    in same cases, we need shuttle to have the ability to overwrite files which are 'newer' on the destination. Shuttle currently dosent have a switch to enable this for a migration job and will ignore all of these files.

    6 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Shuttle  ·  Admin →
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  16. Report on files containing PII

    We would like the ability to run a report which will identify files with PII in our environment, such as social security numbers or credit card numbers. Currently, notification is provided upon upload of the content, and only if the customer has governance and the appropriate content security classifications

    11 votes

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  17. Accurate display of number of files

    Fixed the problem of inconsistent number of files

    Inconsistencies in the number of files can occur when large amounts of data are owned or moved for business purposes.
    There is a workaround for this in the support page, but it does not work in some cases.
    Even if we can confirm the exact number of items in the report, the size may differ due to data inconsistencies.
    We feel that it is inconvenient for business use to not be able to accurately grasp the number of data.
    Please fix the inconsistency of the number of files.

    [日本語]
    ファイル数不整合の問題の改修

    業務上大容量のデータを所有している場合や移動をおこなった際にファイル数の不整合が発生します。…

    23 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Web App  ·  Admin →
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  18. don't show files till all the files are uploaded

    I often send files to coworkers and I dislike that the file is downloadable to them before it's actually fully downloaded to box. This ends up creating a corrupt/ non-workable file for them. Also I think the files should not show up on their end before all the files are completely downloaded, in batch uploads because I will have coworkers then say only some of the files are downloaded and it looks like a mistake when it's just still uploading. Thanks!

    2 votes

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  19. Box Reporting - Add name of the Zip file output

    Box Reporting - Add name of the Zip file output to the UAR when numerous files are downloaded simultaneously. This would make tracking the activity of downloads from Box to computer much easier.

    3 votes

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  20. 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!!

    2 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Box Sync  ·  Admin →
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