Flagging a Product

Normally, the Watchdog process removes product files as the disk space fills by deleting the oldest product files.

You can also signal the Watchdog to keep or delete product files.

  1. In the first column of the product list, left-click the mouse over a list entry.

    To select more than one entry in the list, press CTRL+click.

  2. Use the Filter menu to narrow the list down to the entries you want to flag.
  3. Flag the entries with one of the following options:
    Keep

    Prevents the Watchdog from deleting a file.

    This is useful if you have files that you want to save for several days.

    Note that the best way to make a record of a file is to send it to tape.

    Delete

    Signals the Watchdog to delete a file immediately.

    This is useful if you want to restore a RAW file from tape so that it is automatically reingested.

    This cannot be done if the RAW product file already exists on disk. It must be deleted first.

    Clutter

    For RAIN1 products, this flags the file that serves as the clutter map for the product.

    If more than one file of the same product name is tagged, the most recent version is used. The Watchdog does not delete clutter maps.

    Remove Tag

    Removes a flag.