Request Metadata Review
This article explains how to enable and request a Metadata Review.
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This article explains how to enable and request a Metadata Review.
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Metadata, explained in simple terms as data that describes other data, is often the easiest way to structure, categorize, and manage your organization's content.
In the context of Microsoft 365 and Syskit Point, metadata helps classify, search, and retrieve workspaces more efficiently, making it a great management tool. However, outdated, incorrect, or missing metadata can also lead to misfiled information and inefficient sorting and make it difficult to manage your environment successfully.
That’s why it’s important for collaborators to review and update metadata regularly. Regularly performing Metadata Reviews ensures that your workspace metadata is accurate and relevant, ultimately improving productivity and governance.
With the Metadata Review feature, you can select metadata you want collaborators to review and update.
Please note: To be able to request a review from workspace owners in Syskit Point, ensure the following:
The Collaborator role is enabled. * For more details, read the .
Metadata is be editable by collaborators. * Continue reading this article and discover how to allow collaborators to manage custom metadata.
This section explains how to enable the metadata you want reviewed by workspace owners. If your metadata is already enabled for review, you can skip this section.
If the Collaborator role is not enabled in your environment, take a look at the . Collaborators must be allowed to enable and request a metadata review.
To select the metadata you want collaborators to manage, go to Syskit Point settings and complete the following:
In the Governance section, click the Custom Metadata (1) option.
Click the Edit button (2) for the metadata you want to edit * This opens the Edit Metadata screen
Click the Allow collaborators to change this metadata value checkbox (3)
Click the Update Metadata button (4) to finalize your selection
Once your preferences have been saved, you can request Metadata Reviews from collaborators.
Please note: Metadata that was not approved for owner review cannot be requested.
In this article, we are using the Teams & Groups Overview screen. To request a review, complete the following:
Select one or more workspaces (1) where you want the metadata review to be performed
On the right side of the screen, click the arrow next to the Manage Metadata action (2) and select the Ask Owners (3) option
The Ask Owners (1) pop-up appears, where you can:
Click the Select metadata (2) action, and a dropdown list of all metadata in your environment opens
Select the metadata (3) you want the review performed for
If the metadata is a faded gray color and cannot be selected, the administrator did not enable metadata management for collaborators on that specific metadata, or a review for that metadata is already in progress.
Once you've selected the metadata, you can leave a comment (4) for the owners
Click the Ask Owners (5) button to finalize the selection and send the task to the workspace owners
After that, a pop-up confirms that the task has been sent and lets you know that you can check the newly created tasks by going to the Governance screen, selecting Metadata Review, and clicking Requested Reviews.
Once you've , you can request a review by going to the Sites Overview or Teams & Groups Overview.
