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Classification Properties, Values and Rules

When you classify files using FCI, it uses classification rules to assign a classification property to a file. When a file is classified, its classification is stored as a value of the classification property. You can see its classification when you view the file's properties in Windows Explorer.

Classification Properties

FCI supports a series of built-in Microsoft classification properties plus your own custom classification properties. For example, you can create a custom classification property called 'CCS_Classification' to store file classifications returned by the CCS.

You manage classification properties in the File Server Resource Manager.

Classification Values

When a file gets classified, the outcome is saved as a value of the classification property.

For example, the built-in FCI classification property 'Personally Identifiable Information' has possible values of High, Moderate, Low, Public and Not PII.

Likewise, if you have a custom classification property 'CCS_Classification', you can define a rule to save the classification returned by the CCS as the value of this property. For example, the 'CCS_Classification' property can have a value such as 'Personally Identifiable Information/Credit Card Information' or 'Non Public Information/Corporate Contracts'.

Classification Rules

A classification rule defines:

• Which files get classified
• Which method is used to classify files.
• Which classification property gets assigned to the file.

The classification method can be a built-in Microsoft classification method or a classification method based on a third-party tool such as the CCS FCI plug-in.

You manage classification rules in the File Server Resource Manager.

Example

You create a rule named 'Apply CCS Classifications' to continually classify documents in a specific folder using CCS classifications:

• Choose the target folder when you specify the rule scope.
• Choose the 'CA Technologies Content Classifier' method to classify the documents. This method calls the CCS each time FCI attempts to classify a document.
• Choose 'CCS_Classification' as the classification property. Each time a file gets classified, FCI saves the resulting CCS classification as the value of this property.