
You may want to make exceptions to an exclusion without removing the entire exclusion itself. Sometimes, the default exclusion filters out meetings that you may want to keep in your analysis. Use keywords and topics in the following list of languages.For details, see Create a meeting exclusion rule. Choose which keywords and topics that you would like to exclude from analysis.Change the default filter value for any step that has a numerical filter.You can make the following types of customizations:

The cancelled meetings exclusion type cannot be customized, but you can choose not to use the exclusion in your rule. This metric is usually more important than the percentage of meetings because time spent in meetings is a more important indicator when analyzing meeting behavior than the sheer number of meetings, which can vary greatly in length.īelow the Summary of meetings that remain, you can customize four of the five exclusion types: appointments, large meetings, long meetings, and meetings by topic. Pay particular attention to the number shown for Excluded meeting hours. This helps you confirm whether to remove these meetings and decide which meetings, if any, that you want to keep in your analysis.īefore you apply any filters, 100% of meeting hours are still available for analysis, as are 100% of the meetings that have been held in the time since Workplace Analytics began to use data from Microsoft 365.Īs the Create a meeting exclusion rule walkthrough describes, as you complete each step and move on to the next one, you'll see the number of meetings and meeting hours decrease as the exclusion is applied to your data. These numbers help you understand the effects of the exclusions that are already in place and the effect of the exclusion created in the current step. This view updates every time you advance to the next step in the flow.

This section tracks how many meetings and meeting hours remain in your analysis as you exclude meetings. The progress bar at the top of the page tracks where you are in the flow: In the following sections, you'll learn more about the pages you use in the exclusion-creation steps. For step-by-step walkthroughs, see Meeting exclusion rule walkthroughs.Īt each step in the exclusion-creation flow, you'll see a page, such as the following.

You can use the following screen elements and concepts to create and use meeting exclusion rules in Microsoft Viva Insights in Workplace Analytics.
