Saving Folders to M-Files
Note: Your administrator can use external repository
connectors to import files from a network drive. Before you import files
or folders, make sure that the same content is not already in the vault.
When you save a folder with subfolders or many individual files together, M-Files can keep the old folder structure. If you want the folder structure to stay the same, M-Files organizes the saved contents into traditional folders. To do this:
- In the classic M-Files Desktop, press Alt to open the menu bar.
- Select .
- Click to select the folder you want to import.
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Select:
- Do not preserve old folder structure to discard
the folder structure. or
- Preserve old folder structure to keep the folder structure. To import the content, select a folder for it in M-Files. To create a new folder, click New Folder.
- Do not preserve old folder structure to discard
the folder structure.
- Optional: If you do not want to add metadata for the imported content, disable Prompt for metadata.
- Click OK.
If you checked the Prompt for metadata check box, do
the steps from 7 to 9 for each file you import.
- Select a class for the file from the Class drop-down menu.
- Optional:
Enter other optional property values.
Click Add property to add more properties.
- Click Create.