File Explorer Map Part - displays only first level subfolders

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I need to build a map of ALL the folders of a file share. When I add the File Explorer map part (All Folders), only the first level folders and their subfolders are displayed in the map.

Is there a way to set how many levels deep the scan should be, so I can have all or part of the file share structure?
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ushalit

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Posted 8 years ago

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8 years ago
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Brittney Mazzetta

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You can try pulling in the file explorer map part to get the first level. From there, continue to pull in this map part to create the deep level scan you were looking for.
8 years ago
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ushalit

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This is not practical. We are talking about over 100,000 files in over 10,000 folders and 15 levels deep (these numbers are typical).

So I understand from your answer that there is no way to customize the sacn?
8 years ago
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Brittney Mazzetta

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That is correct. MindManager does not allow you to customize the scan that you are referring to above. What I will do is change your question to an idea so that our product team can take a look at it when they are prioritizing features for future releases. This will help them to understand our customer's needs. Thank you.
8 years ago
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Matt Webb

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Hi All
i have the exact same requirement, i want to make use of the excellent file explorer map parts function but i need to map out subfolders and file that are more than a couple deep.
7 years ago
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Kevin Smith

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Hi All

This is a feature that I need too.
2 years ago
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motorbikematt

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Ditto. 5 years later this option (or the documentation) hasn't been updated?
2 years ago
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Werner Beck

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IIRC, this option had been around for a while, many moons ago ... i think there was a parameter that would allow control of depth
2 years ago
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Unfortunately no.
I wrote to customer support, they replied with the following:

Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 7:40 AM

Dear MATTHEW REYES, 

Thank you for contacting Mindjet Support. Unfortunately, the Files and Folder option only goes about 3 levels deep. Everything under that third level would need to be brought over manually. 

If you need further assistance, simply reply to this email or give us a call.

Best regards,

Jordan Adkins
Mindjet, Corel Corporation

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Greetings,
I am trying to modify the All Files and Folders Map Part to allow me to display an additional level of directories and folders. The existing tool does not do what I need; it only lists Files and Folders in the top level of the nest.

Is there a means to make this happen? It is not trivial to repeat this function for every nested folder. If it's not possible, please consider updating your documentation (not to mention the Map Part title) to clarify this lack of functionality.

Thanks

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7 months ago
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Benno Savioli

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It could have been such a power- and useful tool ...

I am struggling with the same issue - one potential work-around I found is by scrolling the tree once created to figuring out where sub-folders still are missing (this I do by checking the internal browser window), and then to recall from that map-branch the 'Import from File explorer' once again to get the next three levels (anyway, number of levels should not be too high, to comply with system-based path-length restrictions).

Unfortunately, the explorer window does not allow to copy-paste the path provided by the internal explorer but requires navigating again and again into sub-folder structures - this is in my view much to inconvenient to be a real workaround, even for a limited number of ommitted subfolders.
But it should be easy enough to replace the explorer window of the import-option by a more capable version so that at least pasting a path could provide a quick jump to the target sub-folder from where to import next nested sub-folders

May be that's an idea for a little step forward???
Still, for a future update a few more sub-levels would be much appreciated

best regards
Benno

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