The Problem
• In any environment where there is a lot of data it is complicated by having multiple people. Each generates their own data and often store this in a manner which is far from consistent with colleagues - or which varies from project to project.
• Most people develop complex folder hierarchies which have order to varying degrees.
• Within an individual corporation however the ideal folder/storage structure does not generally vary that much across the enterprise (especial ones where there are numerous projects)
The Solution
• A not uncommon solution is to generate an empty folder structure which is the mandated for all new projects and which structure is simply copied into a new project folder on the server for example. The issue with this is that you can readily have a vast array of empty folders - which is pretty annoying - particularly for new project entrants and indeed entirely new project teams assuming others data.
• There are more complex methodologies for data management including software solutions (I use commence.com) but there are excellent enterprise solutions which are expensive. With data sets/software which generate a large number of files this approach is far from optimal.
• A solution would be a script Dopus where instead of just adding a folder - you could input an entire folder structure and then select from the mandated items as required.
• This would I believe be enormously useful and resolve the above issue.
I would note Leo's excellent contribution:
but was looking for something a little more complex.