Managing tags

A tag is a custom metadata field used to enhance system metadata with organization-specific information. For instance, an organization may categorize its storage by project, cost center, or region but the attributes not provided by the storage system itself. Tags enable data classification, search, and reporting based on these organizational dimensions. Use tags to store this additional information and to manage or locate data using metadata that reflects your organizational context.

Permissions

Security Administrators: Cannot create, update, delete or list any type of tag.
Data Administrators: Can create, modify, delete, and list both Label and Tag tags.
Data Users: Can list all tags.; Cannot create, modify or delete Tag tags.; Can create and modify Label tags.

Types of tags

Label: Lightweight identifiers used for simple tagging. Useful for short descriptors like project, region, or team. Value size can be up to 256, 1024, or 4096 characters.

Tag: Structured tags with a predefined list of accepted values. Ideal for controlled vocabularies such as status, compliance level, or department. Value size is always limited to 4096 characters.