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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. What is a connector?
  4. Configure Folder filter
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Configure Folder filter

When configuring the capture scope for a connector, you can limit the backup scope to specific folders within the source workload. This filter helps in targeting only the relevant data for backup.

Folder filter matching methods:

Folder filters work based on:

  • Exact match

  • Wildcard match

  • Regular expressions

To configure filter folders:

  1. In the Folder Filters section, click Enable this feature.
  2. Click + Add Folder Filter.
  3. On the Folder Filter Properties page, do any of the following:

    Actions:

    To include folders:

    To exclude folders:

    Steps:

    • Select Include.

    • In the Pattern Type box, enter the item using wild card or regular expression type.

    • Click Add.

    • First, you need to include the folder from which you want to filter a specific folder.

    • Select Exclude.

    • In the Pattern Type box, enter the item using wild card or regular expression type.

    • Click Add.

    Behaviors:

    The connector backs up the included folders.

    The connector excludes the folder from the backup.

    To exclude a folder within an already included folder, ensure that you first include the parent folder and then exclude the specific subfolder.

Filter behavior:
  • The connector backs up only the folders included in the filter.

  • The connector excludes folders marked with the exclude filter.

  • Use Move Up and Move Down to prioritize filters in the list.

  • Use the Remove option to delete any selected filter.

Other filters to further refine the backup scope:

You can also use the following filters to refine the backup scope further:

  • User filter to filter users based on Entra ID (Azure AD) extended attributes.

    See Configure User filter.

  • Group filter to filter by group membership.

    See Configure Group filter.

Related topics:
  • See Configure capture scope for Exchange connectors.

  • See Configure capture scope for SharePoint connectors.

  • See Configure capture scope for Team site collections connectors.

  • See Configure capture scope for OneDrive connectors.

  • See Configure capture scope for Teams chat connectors.

  • See Configure Capture scope Google Drive connectors .

  • See Configure capture scope for Gmail connectors.

  • See Configure capture scope for Box connector.

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