Exclude files or file types from data control

If you use role-based administration, you must have the Data control customization right to exclude files from data control. For more information, see Managing roles and sub-estates.

You can exclude files and file types from data control by setting up exclusions in a data control rule.

To exclude a file or file type from data control, exclude it in a rule with the highest priority (that is, specifying the most restrictive action).

To exclude files or file types from data control:

On the Tools menu, point to Manage Data Control, and then click Data Control Rules.
In the Data Control Rule Management dialog box, select the rule you want to edit and click Edit, or create a new rule by clicking the Add file matching rule or Add content rule button.
To exclude files from data control, in the Rule Editor dialog box, under Select files to exclude, select the Where file name matches check box.
Under Rule content, click the underlined value to specify excluded file names.
In the Exclude File Name Condition dialog box, click Add and specify the names of the files you want to exclude.
You can use the wildcards * and ?
The wildcard ? can be used only in a filename or extension. It generally matches any single character. However, when used at the end of a filename or extension, it matches any single character or no characters. For example file??.txt matches file.txt, file1.txt and file12.txt but not file123.txt.
The wildcard * can be used only in a filename or extension, in the form [filename].* or *.[extension]. For example, file*.txt, file.txt* and file.*txt are invalid.
To exclude file types from data control, in the Rule Editor dialog box, under Select files to exclude, select the Where the file type is check box.
Under Rule content, click the underlined value to specify excluded file types.
In the Exclude File Type Condition dialog box, select the file types you want to exclude and click OK.