Purpose tags help you identify the business purpose of your team or group without impacting user adoption. Purpose tags can also give you insight into why a particular group or team was created.
Monitor how purpose tags are applied from Manage, Activity, Dashboard, or Policies.
Index
From Manage
Filters
To filter your teams and groups by purpose tag:
Select Manage from the sidebar.
Choose between your tenant's Teams, Team sites, or Communication sites.
Click Filters.
Apply filters for Purpose and/or Ask owner(s) status > Purpose requests.
Click Done.
Tip: From the list of teams or groups, click the Purpose column to sort by purpose tag.
Tile
Select the tile Teams/Groups without purpose. Among the information displayed, this tile shows you:
The teams or groups in your environment that do not have a purpose tag.
The sensitivity tag (i.e., the data sensitivity) of the teams or groups.
Tip: From the bulk action menu, you can use use the Add purpose tag feature to apply purpose tags as a bulk action, or send a notification with the Ask owner(s) feature.
From Activity
Filter by activity type so you can monitor updates to team or group purpose tags:
Select Activity.
Choose between your tenant's Teams, Team sites, or Communication sites.
Click Filter.
Select Purpose and sensitivity tags to expand the section.
Select the checkbox beside purpose added, purpose changed, and/or purpose removed.
Click Done.
To find out more about a specific team or group, select that row to open the team and group details.
From the Dashboard
Select Dashboard from the sidebar, and find the Groups without a purpose tag widget under Monitor your tenant's health.
For more information on how to use your dashboard, check out the Dashboard overview.
From Policies
For visibility on the total number of groups with a particular purpose tag applied:
Select Policies from the sidebar.
Expand the Purpose tags section.
The number of teams and groups with that purpose tag applied shows on each purpose tag type.
Tip: Use this information to update the purpose tags you offer. For example, remove a purpose tag if it is only applied to a few groups, or, create more nuanced options if a purpose tag is applied to the majority of teams.