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Need to be able to print the entire file structure for any account

Need to be able to print the entire file structure for any account

mab_1852
New member | Level 2

I know other people have suggested this  but I'm just adding my two cents worth - Being able to download/print the entire file structure for your records or to share with others - would save having to manually record it in a spreadsheet.  Not sure why there hasn't been any action on it since 2019 - too hard perhaps?

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Walter
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Nancy
Dropbox Staff

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SusanGSM
Explorer | Level 3

I would like to be able to create a directory that could be printed or put into a document that shows Folders and Sub Folders and files so I could do an overview of where I have duplicates or ways to streamline folders or  see how many different file and folder names are being used across my account and my teams account.  I'm actually surprised that is not available.   

Walter
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shinbeth
Experienced | Level 13

Export the file structure from dropbox, and showing access of who (or what groups) have access to the files within the structure.

 

This function would have saved me hours of having to type the folder tree manually so we could restructure our folders.

legalassistant
New member | Level 2

I know I am not the first one to suggest this, but you need to develop a way to create a table of contents or index of the files in a given folder. This is an incredibly important function for the businesses who use this platform as a way to share files. Especially with the increasing use of generative AI, this should be a capability of your site in the near future. 

 

Walter
Dropbox Staff

Hey @shinbeth & @legalassistant - I've merged your posts under this idea as they both echoed the OP here.

 

Please feel free to take a look and up-vote it as well to show your interest in this. 

shinbeth
Experienced | Level 13

@Walter thank you. We really need this!

 

Cheers.

shinbeth
Experienced | Level 13

@SusanGSM 

 

Yes I echo your request and someone else posted it a few weeks ago too (before they archived it and marked it as 'Solved' ... :/)

 

Meanwhile I'm going to try to build a script because you can usually do that in Terminal but visually it's hideous, since I have like 100'000 files and folders in my Dropbox I would probably need to be using Dropbox API Integration with Nodejs, Python and some HTML/CSS/React to create a nice looking webapp which would render a nice visualization of our Dropbox tree of Folders and Subfolders (+ files? and search? as an option?? what do you think)

 

I feel like programming it myself as small app or extension would be faster than Dropbox delivering it itself :)))

 

Keep you posted.

LFM
Explorer | Level 4

I like this idea.  I have been advocating for adding filters to search, the way Windows File Explorer does.  Allowing output of all files with hierarchy would also be a big time saver.

LFM
Explorer | Level 4

I would prefer output as a text file, with complete info (folder, subfolder) for each filename, along with creation date and size.  That would allow easy import into Excel or Word.

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