You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
File Request - Please provide an option to NOT rename our uploaded files
We receive tons of file submissions from our business partners daily. However, a large part of the time I spend managing these submissions is spent renaming the files because they're automatically pr...
Hi everyone,
We are very happy to let you all know that the ability to remove the Dropbox username from a file name when submitting a File Request is now available.
When creating the File Request, simply click on the trashcan icon next to the "Sender's name" field to remove this from the incoming files.
We know that a lot of you have been very keen to see this feature added and we hope it now makes using File Requests a little bit easier for you all.
Thank you for you patience getting to here and for choosing Dropbox!
Have a great day!
Graham
So in the past, when someone uploaded a file using the File Request feature, your system would add the name they added during the upload process first, followed by their file's filename
So for instance if John Smith was uploading a file named IMG_0123.jpg, the filename your system would put on the uploaded file would be
John Smith IMG_0123.jpg
That was wonderful, as I could easily sort by who uploaded the photo and do some operations on them.
As of the last few weeks, though, your filenames are coming up exactly opposite that: IMG_0123 John Smith.jpg
What the hell?
EDIT: As I dig into this, I see that you've added a "naming conventions" item to your File Requests edit screen.
So, appreciate the flexibility but HOW ABOUT YOU TELL US ABOUT IT BEFORE IT TAKES EFFECT?
I got a couple hundred files with basically useless filenames...or that I have to go through and rename due to your making a random chance without saying anything.
NEXT PROBLEM...I have dozens of file requests...is there ANY WAY to make a default for ALL of my requests? or do I need to go into each and every one of them to change them back to how they were previously?
I'd think that if you make a change like this, you'd let the status quo be in place before a change occurs.
EDIT AGAIN: Holy hell! I see now that when I change the naming convention, it changes the filenames that have already been uploaded. I'm a little unsure as to whether I love this...but there it is.
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey twindux, thanks for taking the time to post to our Community.
Indeed, we've made some changes to file requests and you can now use naming conventions for them, with multiple options, depending on the file type.
I will however, pass your comments along to our team, so thank you for the feedback.
If you have any further questions, just let us know!
