Adding File Tags

Tags help users filter and find files within a given dataset when someone uses the search this dataset box.

Login to your account and go to the dataset you are adding files
While uploading your file select the three-dot drop-down and choose ‘Tags.' under Edit Options.
Use the Edit Tags box.
Use the Custom File Tag for new tags and fill in the term in the “Add new file tag” field. Enter tags into the box one at a time and select Apply each time
You can select one or more previously used tags your dataset has from the File Tags dropdown menu. Selected tags will display above the dropdown as you add them.
Select Save Changes, or to abandon your work, select Cancel.
Continue adding files and editing your dataset until you are ready to submit the dataset for review and publication.

Login to your account and go to the dataset you want to edit.
In the dataset File Tab, select one or more file checkboxes.
Select Tags from the drop-down.
Fill in a new tag or select from a list of previously used tags. You can also delete any tags not currently used to clean up your choices.
Select Save Changes, or to abandon your work, select Cancel.
Submit the dataset for review and publication.

You need to note if this is a minor, major, or no version change to the dataset when you submit for review for previously published datasets.

To add file tags to files using the API, you need an API token. To create an API token for your account:

To add a tag using your API token to a particular file in the dataset:

In the UI, hover over the file that you want to add a tag to
Find the file URL, which includes the file ID (after “?filedId=”)
Make a note of the file ID number.
Use the following format to send an API call to the dataverse server:

curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X POST
-F 'jsonData={"categories":["Data"]'
$SERVER_URL/api/files/$ID/metadata
where API_TOKEN is your API key, and Data is the tag(s) that you want to add (your key must have permissions to add tags to the dataset/file