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Creating a SenseFlow rule

SenseFlow rules allow you to associate scenario-based templates with various data scopes within a bucket, providing an intelligent, end-to-end experience. This experience includes data upload, automatic content awareness and indexing, multimodal retrieval, event notifications, and content generation all in one place.

This topic explains how to create a SenseFlow rule.

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SenseFlow is currently in closed beta and is only available in China (Beijing). Please contact your account manager for access.

Prerequisites

Category	Description
Account registration and real name verification	Make sure that you have created a Volcano Engine account and completed real name verification.
Activating TOS	Make sure that you have activated TOS for your account or Identity and Access Management users.
Assigning a template	No additional configuration is needed if you select a preset template, such as the Intelligent Security Template or Media Asset Management Template. To use a custom template, create one first. For more information, see Creating a SenseFlow template.
Data scope to which the rule applies	Make sure you have created a bucket to use with SenseFlow. For more information, see Creating buckets. (Optional) To apply a SenseFlow rule to a specific ObjectSet, first initialize the feature and then create the corresponding ObjectSet. For more information, see Initializing ObjectSet and Creating an ObjectSet. (Optional) To apply a SenseFlow rule to objects with a specific prefix, make sure that the prefix is planned properly and is free of conflicts. Also, make sure that the objects under the prefix comply with the naming rules in TOS constraints and limitations.
Storage path for output files	We recommend creating or designating a directory within the bucket in advance to store the output files generated by SenseFlow.

Steps

Navigate to the Rule management page by doing one of the following:

In the left navigation pane, select Content perception and processing > Rule management.

In the left navigation pane, click Buckets. Then, select the bucket you want to manage and click Content perception and processing in the left navigation pane.

On the Rule management page, click Create rule and configure the following parameters.

Category	Parameter	Description
Basic information	Rule name	Enter a name for the SenseFlow rule. Requirements: Length must not exceed 255 characters. Chinese characters, letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are supported. Each rule name must be unique within the same account.
Basic information		Describe	Provide additional information about the rule. The description cannot exceed 50 characters.
Data range	Specified range	Select the data scope to which the rule applies. The whole bucket: The rule applies to all objects in the bucket. Specify ObjectSet: The rule applies to the specified ObjectSet. Specify Prefix: The rule applies to objects with the specified prefix.
		Bucket	Select the bucket to which the rule applies.
		ObjectSet	Select the ObjectSet to which the rule applies. tip This option is available only when specified range is set to Specify ObjectSet.
		Prefix	Enter the object prefix to which the rule applies. tip This option is available only when specified range is set to Specify Prefix.
		Artifact output path	Specify where the output files (such as indexing files, summaries, and tags) will be stored within the bucket. You can enter the path manually or click Select folder to choose one from the current bucket.
Template parameter configuration	Template	Select a scenario-based template for the rule. The available system presets are the Intelligent Security Template and the Media Asset Management Template. You can also select your own custom templates.

Click Select to finish creating the rule.

Other operations

From the Rule management page, you can perform the following operations:

Supported operations	Steps
View rule details	In the rule list, click the name of a rule to view its basic information. This includes Rule name, Owned bucket, Description, Creation time, Range type, Scope content, Artifact relative path, and Workflow.
Experience now	In the rule list, click experience now in the Actions column of a rule to select a data retrieval method and view the retrieval results. Chat to SenseFlow: Quickly find out how the rule works by chatting with TOS Agent. For more information, see TOS Agent overview. Multi-modal retrieve: Perform multimodal retrieval on the bucket's data based on the current rule's indexing results.
Configure a rule	In the rule list, click Configuration in Actions column of the rule you want to manage. On the Edit rule page, you can modify Rule name, Description, and Workflow parameter configuration. tip After creating a SenseFlow rule, you cannot change the data range to which it applies.
Delete a rule	In the rule list, click ... > Delete in the Actions column of the rule you want to remove. In the box that appears, confirm the deletion by clicking Delete.

Last updated: 2026.08.25 10:20:58