Patterns Matching

Patterns filed type uses patterns matching to filter input.

Example of such fields from Storage Settings view:

Currently patterns matching fields support two formats:

This allows a pattern matching by using Unix shell-style wildcards. For example: *.xml - will match paths ending with .xml extension.

This also works for matching folder names. For example: media cache files - will match any path that contains provided folder name.

This allows a more advanced pattern matching by using regular expressions.

To distinguish from Unix filename pattern matching a value must be stored in a custom format like this: re:/your_custom_regex/

For example: re:/(?i).*\.(mp4|mov|jpg|png)$/ - will match paths ending with either mp4, mov, jpg or png extensions.

Ignore Files Patterns

Ignore Files Patterns field provides an ability to exclude content from being ingested by a storage scan by using the patterns matching.

Here is the list of the default ignore files patterns for an ISG storage with relative short descriptions:

Ignore Files Patterns	Description
*.iconikagent	iconik Agent temporary files
*.fcpcache	Final Cut Pro Cache file
*.cfa	Premiere Pro Conformed Audio File
*.pek	Premiere Pro Peak File
*.ims	Adobe's Index Metadata Stream
media cache	Stores conformed audio (.cfa), peak files (.pek), and other temporary files generated during media import and playback
media cache files	Similar to or the same as "media cache" – holds temporary files like .pek, .cfa, and video previews for faster performance
adobe premiere pro auto-save	Stores automatically saved backup project files at set intervals

A larger list and greater complexity of used patterns can affect a scan speed making it longer.