What is a tag?
A tag is a marker that you can give to a specific object or content. This makes it easier to quickly find and organize similar content or objects. Tags can be created and customized to enable effective and personal organization of your content, but they also make it easier to collaborate with colleagues working on the same project. Tags have their own name and color.
⚠ Tags are not project-overlapping and must be created for each project. However, you can use tag scheme templates. For more information, see "Do I have to create my tags for each project?".
What are the different types of tags?
In Maltego Evidence you can create eight different classes of tags. This is an overview of the classes of tags that can be created:
Tag Class | Description |
General tags | Tags that can be used only for each entity type, i.e. profiles, chat messages, media items or postings. |
Profile tags | Tags that can be used only for profiles. |
Posting tags | Tags that can be used only for postings. |
Chat message tags | Tags that can be used only for chat messages. |
Media item tags | Tags that can be used only for media items. |
Managing tags
How do I create tags?
To create a tag, open the Tags page within a project by clicking the 'Tags' button in the upper right corner of the screen.
Overview page of all available tags
Depending on which tag class you want to create a tag for, click "+ Add Tag" next to the corresponding tag class. Then, in the panel that opens, you can choose a name for the tag and one of 20 colors. Above the panel you can see a preview of how the tag will look like.
Creation panel of a tag
To finish creating the tag, click on an area outside the creation panel. You can either add more tags or save the tag settings by clicking the corresponding button in the lower right corner of the window.
Button for saving the tag settings
If you switch windows while creating a tag or before saving the settings, all unsaved tags will be deleted and may need to be created again.
How do I delete tags?
To delete a tag, open the tag overview within the project in which you created the tag and click on the "x" next to the name of the corresponding tag.
Important: As with tag creation, you must click the "Save Tag Settings" button to save any changes made.
How do I change tags?
To modify a tag, open the tag overview within the project in which you created the tag and click on the tag you want to edit.
You can now customize both the label and the color of the tag.
Save your edited tags by clicking the "Save Tag Settings" button.
Important: As with tag creation, you must click the "Save Tag Settings" button to save any changes made.
Use of tags
How do I set tags?
Setting tags for profiles, postings, media items, and chat messages each works in a similar way. If you want to set a tag for a single object, click the "+" in the Tags column of the corresponding object. All the tags available for that object will be available for you to choose from.
By clicking on the corresponding tag, the tag will be set. No confirmation or saving is necessary. If you do not see a plus, this is because you have either already assigned all the tags that would be available to the selected objects, or you have not yet created any tags for this project.
Selection of available tags for an object
How do I set tags for multiple objects at once?
If you want to set a tag for multiple objects at the same time, please follow the steps below:
Step 1: Select the object group you want to tag from the left menu bar within your project. In the following pictures this is shown exemplarily on postings. All objects of the object group are displayed.
Step 2: Select the objects where you want to set a tag by clicking the box at the beginning of the line. You can tag any number of objects. If you click on the box in the header, all currently visible objects will be marked.
Section of the overview page of all postings of a project, some of which are marked
Step 3: Click on the tag icon in the upper left corner of the screenshot from above to set a tag on all currently selected objects. A window will open where you can select which tag you want to set. Only the tags of the selected object class as well as general tags are available for selection.
Dropdown menu for setting a tag
Step 4: By clicking the "Yes" button you confirm the setting of the tags.
Removing tags
Tags can only be removed from objects individually. In the Tags column of the corresponding object you can see which tags are currently set. By clicking on the corresponding tag, the tag is deleted.
Overview of the set tags of all objects
Can I set multiple tags on one object?
An object can have any number of tags. All tags created for the corresponding object class and all general tags are available for selection.
How can I display all objects with a specific tag?
If you have set a tag for one or more objects, a "Tags" drop-down list is displayed in the "Cross Network" drop-down list. If you click on it, all set tags are displayed. Click on the corresponding tag to display all objects with the corresponding tag.
Dropdown list for displaying posts with specific tag
If you want to display only the objects with a specific tag from a network, first click on the corresponding network. Then click on the tag list and select the corresponding tag.
Dropdown list with Instagram tags
Do I have to create my tags for each project?
To use the same set of tags for multiple projects, you can use tag scheme templates. These are available for all newly created projects. Maltego Evidence provides two ready-made tag scheme templates.
Tag Schema Template Management
All actions in the following subitems can be done in the menu item "Tag Schema Templates" within the settings of Maltego Evidence. You can open the settings by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right corner of Maltego Evidence.
Overview of all Tag Schema Templates
How do I create a tag scheme template?
To create a new tag scheme template, click the "+ Tag Scheme Template" button in the window above. On the page that opens, you can create new tags as described in the "How do I create tags" section. You also need to give your template a name and you can add a description.
New Tag Schema Template creation page
When you are done creating your new template, save the template by clicking the "Save Tag Settings" button in the bottom right corner of the page.
Button for saving the tag scheme template
How do I edit or delete an existing tag scheme template?
| Click this icon to edit an existing template |
| Click this icon to delete an existing template |
When editing a template, you can add or remove tags, as well as edit the template name and description, just like when creating a template.
To finish editing and save, click the "Save Tag Settings" button in the lower-right corner of the window.
How do I use an existing tag scheme template?
You can apply existing tag scheme templates only when you create a project. For already existing projects you cannot apply templates afterwards.