Organizing data

Best practices

• Naming conventions

  • work out the conventions early
  • align file naming with the team
  • make sure they are meaningful
  • keep the name short and
  • format the date by YYYYMMDD
  • format the version leading by 0, e.g. v01
  • Use _, - instead of space and special characters.

  For example, SalesReport_2021_11_11_v02

• Foldering

• Archiving old files

  To separate current from past work and reduce clutter

• Aligning your practices with your team

• Developping metadata