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Discover tag policy recommendations
Published On May 23, 2024 - 11:44 AM

Discover tag policy recommendations

Set policies by assigning tags in Kyndryl Modern Operations Applications.
Tag policies allow users to set policies governing the use of tags in Kyndryl Modern Operations Applications to help them organize their resources/ costs and monitor and enforce compliance. The tag policies include tag definitions with a set of tag keys and tag values that can be applied to services belonging to providers.
The Discovery Tag Policy Recommendations uses AI/ML model to provide users with tag policy recommendations for a set of top five tag definitions. The user can review the set of tag definitions and download a tag policy report with them. Based on the report, the user can define the tag policy of the organization. Click here to learn more about defining tag definitions.
To learn more about navigating to the different services from each tenant, refer to Landing page navigation or Kyndryl Bridge Landing page navigation. A new window opens which provides two tabs:
Recommended Tags
, and
Manual Selection
.
Reviewing your tag policies
The
Recommended Tag
the tab provides the top five tags policy recommendations. Follow the steps to generate, download, and review a detailed report:
Associated tag keys
  1. Ensure the five tags are shown on the chart before reviewing and downloading the report. If tags don’t appear, click
    Generate
    and then click
    Review and Download
    .
  2. A new ‘Review and download your tag policies’ window displays, showing the following tag data:
    • Specific tags key.
    • Impact score.
    • Asset count.
    • Percentage.
    • Unique value count.
    • Associated tag keys and values.
  3. are based on a high volume of usage of the tag key and a low number of unique values.
    1. You can view each tag key:
      • Impact Score
        : Grows when the asset count is high and unique. Value is low.
      • Assets Count
        : Number of assets tagged with the tag key.
      • Percentage
        : Percentage of assets tagged with the ta key.
      • Unique value count
        : Number of possible unique tag keys.
      • Primary Status
        : Gathers all associated tag keys under its name. On the primary status you can switch it to on and off, this means that if it’s on, all the associated keys under that name will appear on the report.
    2. To add an associated key
      , click the
      Associated extra tag key
      located at the right side of the last primary status column.
    3. Once you have added all the extra keys, proceed with reviewing
      associated tag values
      .
    Associated tag values
    are all available values originated from the associated tag keys previously selected. In this section, you find the following details:
    • Name of the tag.
    • Original tag key.
    • Assets tag percentage.
  4. Once you have reviewed the required information, click
    Next
    and repeat the steps for each tag key.
  5. When all tag keys are reviewed, click the
    Download
    green button located at the top right corner of the screen. A new window displays, if you need to, you can select to download tag values associated with the selected tag and click
    Download
    .
  6. A report is generated and downloaded to your computer for further analysis.
You can select to download the file in XLSX, CVS, or JSON format. The report may contain data to be analyzed, such as cost center, original tag key, assets with tag value, etc.
The
Manual Selection
tab provides a table with the list of your available tag key definition; you can select the tag key you would like to review and create a report. In the manual selection tab, you find a table with the following data:
  • The name of the tag you have available.
  • The impact score of the tag could be high, medium, or low.
  • Associated tag keys are associated with the specific tag definition.
  • Asset count, which is the number of assets tagged with that tag key.
  • Percentage of assets tags with the tag key.
  • Unique Value count, which is the possible value count for that tag.
To download your tag key definition manually:
  1. Click the box located next to each tag name.
  2. Click the
    Download
    button located above the ‘Unique Value Count’ column. A new window displays, you can select to download tag values associated with selected tag keys and then click
    Download
    .
  3. A report is generated and downloaded to your computer for further review.
You can select to download the file in XLSX, CVS, or JSON format. The report may contain data to be analyzed, such as the cost center, original tag key, assets with tag value, etc…
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