Driving Sales with Functional File Sharing by Derek MacDonald
Better operations are the key to unlocking business growth.
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The search-based system of finding files within an organization has a wrinkle that most don’t realize — user permissions restrict the search results.
The search bar of a company’s intranet will only surface information that an employee is allowed to see, edit, or download based on their department, role, or job function.
That’s typically a good thing; except, it means the search results are only as good as the metadata, labels, and tagging of the files available to search.
And permissions are different depending who owns the library. More fun, still, if the file you’re looking for lives in someone’s personal drive.
Yep, you bet they’re on vacation.
onward.
-dmac