About classification

Traditionally a document is filed in a tree structure of folders and identified by a path, which tells you in which branch of the folder tree the document is stored. You have to navigate this path to find the document you need.

FileSphere doesn’t have this rigid tree structure of folders because documents are classified by tagging them with properties and property values. These property and value tags are then used identify them. 

Documents can be grouped, according to their classification, into View Folders to create a hierarchical structure of folders. These dynamic folders can be collapsed and recreated according to any classification properties, in any sequence.

The property tags are set up in tables, known as schemas. These schemas determine which properties you can use to classify your documents. 

Schemas are managed in the FileSphere Administration console. 

Traditional tree
filing structure

Property & value tags

Properties are set up in
schemas in FileSphere Admin