The Site Usage by Folder export helps you pinpoint which folders are driving your storage usage (and therefore your storage charges). This means the export only includes folders that affect your storage usage and does not include any folders with less than 1 GB of files, nor does it include folders which are located on remote server mounts.

The export does not produce an exhaustive listing of every folder within your Files.com site. It only includes folders that meet the requirements for the export.

You could use this report to identify which teams, projects, or archives are using the most storage or for month-end chargeback/showback reports to stakeholders. You may also find it helpful when configuring file expiration for a folder or how long your site retains deleted files.

Running the Report

Like our other export options, this is available only in the web interface. Site administrators can run the report. The export produces a CSV listing with your results. If the report takes a long time to run, you can close the message and you will be emailed when the report is ready.

When you run the report, you can choose which folder Path to start in, or run the report for the Root folder of your site. Only the selected folder path and its child folders are included. This allows you to drill into a specific area of your site.

Select the Minimum size threshold, in GB, of folders to include. Only folders whose total storage exceeds that number are included in the report. You cannot select a threshold of less than 1GB.

Select the Max folder depth to limit how many levels of subfolder nesting are included in your export.

Columns Included in the Export

The export lists the path for each folder that meets the requirements, the size in GB and in bytes, and the number of items included in the folder.

The size columns include the size of the folder's contents, calculated recursively to include subfolders. Subfolders stored on remote servers are not included in this calculation.

The item count column includes both folders and files located in the folder, counted recursively.