Box_FolderMetrics Job

The Box_FolderMetrics Job offers insight into content sizing, staleness, and ownership of folders in the Box environment.

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The staleness threshold can be customized within the Folder Metrics Details analysis. Largest and smallest folder size thresholds can be configured in a similar way on their respective analysis tasks.

Analysis Tasks for the Box_FolderMetrics Job

Navigate to Box > 2.Content > Box_FolderMetrics > Configure node and select Analysis to view analysis tasks.

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Most of these analysis tasks should never be modified and never be deselected.

The following analysis tasks are selected by default:

• Folder Metrics Details – Creates the Box_FolderMetrics_Details table accessible under the job’s Results node
  • Set to consider content stale after 30 days which is the @STALETHRESHOLD parameter value
  • See the Customizable Analysis Tasks for the Box_FolderMetrics Job topic for additional information.
• Largest Folders – Creates the Box_FolderMetrics_Largest table accessible under the job’s Results node
• Smallest Non-Empty Folders – Creates the Box_FolderMetrics_Smallest table accessible under the job’s Results node

In addition to the tables created by the analysis tasks, the Box_FolderMetrics Job produces the following pre-configured reports.

Report	Description	Default Tags	Report Elements
Largest Folders	This report summarizes the Box content by folder size.	None	This report is comprised of two elements: Bar Chart – Displays top 5 largest folders Table – Provides details on largest folders
Smallest Folders	This report summarizes the Box content by folder size.	None	This report is comprised of three elements: Bar Chart – Displays top 5 smallest folders with files Table – Provides details on smallest folders with files Table – Provides details on empty folders

Customizable Analysis Tasks for the Box_FolderMetrics Job

The default values for parameters that can be customized are:

Analysis Task	Customizable Parameter Name	Default Value	Value Indicates
Folder Metrics Details	@STALE_THRESHOLD	30	Consider content stale after 30 days

See the Configure the Customizable Parameters in an Analysis Task topic for instructions on how to modify parameters.